Choosing War The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam

Name: Choosing War The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780520229198

ISBN-10: 0520229193

ISBN-13: 9780520229198

Edition: 1999 (Reprint)

Authors: Fredrik Logevall

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In one of the most detailed and powerfully argued books published on American intervention in Vietnam, Fredrik Logevall examines the last great unanswered question on the war: Could the tragedy have been averted? His answer: a resounding yes. Challenging the prevailing myth that the outbreak of large-scale fighting in 1965 was essentially unavoidable,Choosing Warargues that the Vietnam War was unnecessary, not merely in hindsight but in the context of its time. Why, then, did major war break out? Logevall shows it was partly because of the timidity of the key opponents of U.S. involvement, and partly because of the staunch opposition of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations to early…

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List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/9/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 558
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Fredrik Logevall is Professor of History at Cornell University.



Acknowledgments


Preface


List of Abbreviations Used in the Text



The Kickoff: 29 August 1963



Breaks and Continuities: September to November 1963



"I Will Not Lose in Vietnam": November 1963 to January 1964



"A Deeply Dangerous Game": February to April 1964



Rumblings of Discontent: April to June 1964



Campaigns at Home and Abroad: June and July 1964



Provocations: August 1964



Standing Logic on Its Head: September and October 1964



The Freedom to Change: November and December 1964



"Stable Government or No Stable Government": January and February 1965



Americanization: February to July 1965



Choosing War


List of Abbreviations Used in the Notes


Notes


Bibliography


Index