The Vietnam War Re-Examined
Title | The Vietnam War Re-Examined |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Kort, Michael |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
City | Cambridge |
Abstract | Michael G. Kort presents the case that the United States should have been able to win the war, and at a much lower cost than it suffered in defeat. Presenting a study that is both historiographic and a narrative history, Kort analyzes important factors such as the strong nationalist credentials and leadership qualities of South Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem; the flawed military strategy of 'graduated response' developed by Robert McNamara; and the real reasons South Vietnam collapsed in the face of a massive North Vietnamese invasion in 1975. Kort shows how the US commitment to defend South Vietnam was not a strategic error but a policy consistent with US security interests during the Cold War, and that there were potentially viable strategic approaches to the war that might have saved South Vietnam. (Cambridge University Press) |
URL | https://www.worldcat.org/title/vietnam-war-reexamined/oclc/1004745797&referer=brief_results |
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