The Resource Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam, Gordon M. Goldstein
Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam, Gordon M. Goldstein
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The item Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam, Gordon M. Goldstein represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Drawing on prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he has conducted with former National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, Goldstein offers this revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Holt paperbacks edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 300 pages
- Contents
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- Legend of the establishment
- Counselors advise but presidents decide
- Never trust the bureaucracy to get it right
- Politics is the enemy of strategy
- Conviction without rigor is a strategy for disaster
- Never deploy military means in pursuit of indeterminate ends
- Intervention is a presidential choice, not an inevitability
- Isbn
- 9780805090871
- Label
- Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam
- Title
- Lessons in disaster
- Title remainder
- McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam
- Statement of responsibility
- Gordon M. Goldstein
- Subject
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- Bundy, McGeorge -- Political and social views
- National Security Council (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueNational security advisors -- Biography
- Political consultants -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography
- Bundy, McGeorge
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1963-1969 -- Decision making
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
- Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Causes
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 -- Decision making
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Drawing on prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he has conducted with former National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, Goldstein offers this revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- PIT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Goldstein, Gordon M
- Dewey number
- 327.730597
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bundy, McGeorge
- Bundy, McGeorge
- National Security Council (U.S.)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Political consultants
- Presidents
- National security
- United States
- Vietnam
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam, Gordon M. Goldstein
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-284) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Legend of the establishment -- Counselors advise but presidents decide -- Never trust the bureaucracy to get it right -- Politics is the enemy of strategy -- Conviction without rigor is a strategy for disaster -- Never deploy military means in pursuit of indeterminate ends -- Intervention is a presidential choice, not an inevitability
- Control code
- 756681
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Holt paperbacks edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805090871
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780805090871
- (OCoLC)436452901
- Label
- Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam, Gordon M. Goldstein
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-284) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Legend of the establishment -- Counselors advise but presidents decide -- Never trust the bureaucracy to get it right -- Politics is the enemy of strategy -- Conviction without rigor is a strategy for disaster -- Never deploy military means in pursuit of indeterminate ends -- Intervention is a presidential choice, not an inevitability
- Control code
- 756681
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Holt paperbacks edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805090871
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780805090871
- (OCoLC)436452901
Subject
- Bundy, McGeorge -- Political and social views
- National Security Council (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueNational security advisors -- Biography
- Political consultants -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography
- Bundy, McGeorge
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1963-1969 -- Decision making
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
- Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Causes
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 -- Decision making
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