Dereliction of Duty Johnson, Mcnamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

Name: Dereliction of Duty Johnson, Mcnamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780060187958

ISBN-10: 0060187956

ISBN-13: 9780060187958

Edition: Large Type

Authors: H. R. McMaster

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Dereliction of Duty makes a unique, groundbreaking contribution toward clarifying what happened, why, and who was responsible for the decisions that led to direct U.S. military intervention in the Vietnam War. Based on more than five years of painstaking research, it includes startling revelations from previously classified transcripts of crucial meetings, many of which were obtained by the author through the Freedom of Information Act; tapes of private telephone conversations; exclusive access to personal diaries; interviews with participants; and oral histories. The result is an inescapable correction to the prevailing view that an American war in Vietnam was inevitable. The book follows…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/11/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.45" tall
Weight: 1.782

H. R. McMaster, a recent award-winning teacher at West Point and an inspiring leader in the Gulf War, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1984 and has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina. He is now attending the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS.