To reason why : the debate about the causes of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
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To reason why : the debate about the causes of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
Temple University Press, c1990
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Description
This anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the major theories about the causes of American involvement in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1975. Presenting the often conflicting arguments advanced by national leaders, policy makers, strategists, historians, social scientists, journalists, and activists, this volume represents the major reasons why and how the U.S. became involved, diplomatically and militarily, in the quagmire of Vietnam. As the first book to focus on the debate about the reasoning and causes of U.S. involvement, it fills a major gap in the study of the Vietnam war. Jeffrey P. Kimball is Associate Professor of History at Miami University of Ohio.
Table of Contents
Introduction Part I: The Official View: The U.S. Government's Public Explanation 1. The Munich Analogy and the International Communist Conspiracy Harry S. Truman 2. Falling Dominoes Dwight D. Eisenhower 3. Capitalist vs. Communist Economic Growth Dwight D. Eisenhower 4. Wars of National Liberation John F. Kennedy 5. Chinese Dominoes John F. Kennedy 6. Commitment and Credibility Lyndon B. Johnson 7. Still Fighting against the Munich Analogy Lyndon B. Johnson 8. Nightmares of Crucifixion Lyndon B. Johnson 9. Talking to the Dominoes Richard M. Nixon Part II: States of Mind: Abstract Ideas, Ideals, and Strategic Concepts 10. Images of the Past Goran Rystad 11. Unquestioned Assumptions The Pentagon Papers 12. Avoiding Humiliation and Preserving the Pillar of Peace The Pentagon Papers 13. Psychological Reality Worlds Ralph K. White 14. Liberal Idealism Graham Greene 15. Arrogance of Power J. William Fulbright 16. Moral Anticommunism Norman Podhoretz 17. Credibility and Limited War Jonathan Schell Part III: The Process of Involvement: Stumbling into the Quagmire or Knowingly Accepting Stalemate? 18. The Politics of Inadvertence Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. 19. Discovering the Quagmire Henry Kissinger 20. How the System Worked Leslie H. Gelb 21. Cycles of Optimism and Pessimism Daniel Ellsberg Part IV: The Buck Stops Here: The President as Primary Cause 22. JFK: A Can-Do President Thomas G. Paterson, J. Garry Clifford. and Kenneth J. Hagan 23. Accidents of History: JFK and LBJ Compared Bernard Brodie 24. LBJ and Presidential Machismo David Halberstam 25. Nixon and the Imperial Presidency Arthur M. Schlesinger. Jr. Part V: The Advisers: Managers and Bureaucrats 26. An Autopsy of the Bureaucracy James C. Thomson, Jr. 27. Bureaucracy's Call for U.S. Ground Troops George McTurnan Kahin 28. Careerism and Ego Investment Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars 29. The Pentagon Propaganda Machine J. William Fulbright Part VI: Pressures and Aims: Politics and Economics 30. Foreign Policy and Electoral Politics Richard J. Barnet 31. Lobbyists for Diem: Politics in the U.S. and Vietnam George McTurnan Kahin 32. Pax Americana Economicus Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars 33. The Drive for a Global Political Economy Gabriel Kolko 34. Neocolonial Aggression Nguyen Khac Vien and Vo Nguyen Giap Part VII: Ways of Living: Cultural Misunderstanding and Conflict 35. Culture of the Earth Frances FitzGerald 36. American Exceptionalism Loren Baritz 37. Technowar James William Gibson 38. The Combative Structure of the English Language John M. Del Vecchio
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