The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked
In: Brookings Classic, A
In: A Brookings Classic
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Classic Edition -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Decisions: Getting into Vietnam -- Patterns, Dilemmas, and Explanations -- Recurrent Patterns and Dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower -- Picking Up the Torch: The Kennedy Administration -- Intervention in Force: The Johnson Administration, I -- Coming Home to Roost: The Johnson Administration, II -- Part Two: Goals: The Imperative Not to Lose -- National Security Goals and Stakes -- Domestic Political Stakes