War Council McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam

Name: War Council McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780674046320

ISBN-10: 0674046323

ISBN-13: 9780674046320

Edition: 2006

Authors: Andrew Preston

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Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/10/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Andrew Preston is University Lecturer in History and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Mentor: Stimson's Influence on Bundy



A Foreign Office in Microcosm: Creating the National Security Adviser and Re-creating the NSC Staff



Learning to Fear the Bomb: Kennedy's Crises and the Origins of Dï¿½tente



The Hawk: Rostow and the First Attempt at Americanization



The Soft Hawk: Forrestal and Nonmilitary Escalation



Bundy the Adviser: The Drift to War



Bundy the Advocate: The Rush to War



Bundy Ambivalent: Rolling Thunder, Student Unrest, and the Decision to Commit Troops



Bundy Resilient: The Bombing Pause and the Continuing Search for a Successful Policy


Epilogue: Legacies


Notes


Bibliography of Primary Sources


Index