Bibliograph

"I made mistakes", Robert McNamara's Vietnam War policy, 1960-1968, Aurélie Basha i Novosejt

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Label

"I made mistakes", Robert McNamara's Vietnam War policy, 1960-1968, Aurélie Basha i Novosejt

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

"I made mistakes"

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1089757979

Responsibility statement

Aurélie Basha i Novosejt

Series statement

Cambridge studies in US foreign relationsCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

Robert McNamara's Vietnam War policy, 1960-1968

Summary

Speaking to an advisor in 1966 about America's escalation of forces in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara confessed: 'We've made mistakes in Vietnam … I've made mistakes. But the mistakes I made are not the ones they say I made'. In 'I Made Mistakes', Aurélie Basha i Novosejt provides a fresh and controversial examination of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's decisions during the Vietnam War. Although McNamara is remembered as the architect of the Vietnam War, Novosejt draws on new sources - including the diaries of his advisor and confidant John T. McNaughton - to reveal a man who resisted the war more than most. As Secretary of Defense, he did not want the costs of the war associated with a new international commitment in Vietnam, but he sacrificed these misgivings to instead become the public face of the war out of a sense of loyalty to the President.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The history of the OSD, 1947-1961 -- Civilian control -- Continuity and change -- Taking charge of Vietnam policy -- When military problems become economic problems -- The fall of 1963 -- McNamara's transition into the Johnson Administration -- Decisions, indecisions, visions and revisions -- McNamara in crisis, 1966-1968 -- Conclusion

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