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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Goldstein, Gordon M.     Subjects     Bundy, McGeorge.     Bundy, McGeorge -- Political and social views.     National Security Council (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.     Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Causes.     Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.     Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography.     National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.     Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 -- Decision making.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 1963-1969 -- Decision making.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Goldstein, Gordon M.       by title:      Lessons in disaster ...         MARC Display

Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam / Gordon M. Goldstein. by Goldstein, Gordon M. New York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2008. Subjects Bundy, McGeorge.   Bundy, McGeorge -- Political and social views.   National Security Council (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.   Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Causes.   Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.   Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography.   National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.   Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.   United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 -- Decision making.   United States -- Foreign relations -- 1963-1969 -- Decision making. Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008033291-b.html Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008033291-d.html ISBN:  9780805079715 : 0805079718 : Description:  xiii, 300 p. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  Legend of the establishment -- Counselors advise but presidents decide -- Never trust the bureaucracy to get it right -- Politics is the enemy of strategy -- Conviction without rigor is a strategy for disaster -- Never deploy military means in pursuit of indeterminate ends -- Intervention is a presidential choice, not an inevitability. Requests:  0 Summary:  Drawing on prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he has conducted with former National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, Goldstein offers this revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Kahuku P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 327.73059 Go Claimed Returned 03/13/2010 Add Copy to MyList

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