Haunting legacy : Vietnam and the American presidency from Ford to Obama / Marvin Kalb, Deborah Kalb.
2011
JK511 .K35 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Haunting legacy : Vietnam and the American presidency from Ford to Obama / Marvin Kalb, Deborah Kalb.
Author
Kalb, Marvin L.
ISBN
9780815721314 (alk. paper)
0815721315 (alk. paper)
0815721315 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xi, 355 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
JK511 .K35 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.92
Summary
"Examines how presidential decisionmaking has been influenced by America's defeat in the Vietnam war, studying presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama and how they have approached key decisions regarding conflicts while in office"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Kalb, Deborah.
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Table of Contents
Ford : finally, the war ends
Ford and the mini-challenge of the Mayaguez
Carter, Brzezinski, and Russia's Vietnam
Reagan, Grenada, Lebanon, and the marines
Bush I : burying Vietnam
Clinton : the first baby-boomer president
Bush II : boots on the ground
2004 : the Swift boat Campaign
Obama : "Afghanistan is not Vietnam"
"Good enough".
Ford and the mini-challenge of the Mayaguez
Carter, Brzezinski, and Russia's Vietnam
Reagan, Grenada, Lebanon, and the marines
Bush I : burying Vietnam
Clinton : the first baby-boomer president
Bush II : boots on the ground
2004 : the Swift boat Campaign
Obama : "Afghanistan is not Vietnam"
"Good enough".