| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 324 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in US foreign relations |
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Cambridge studies in US foreign relations
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| Note |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Mar 2019) |
| Contents |
The history of the OSD, 1947-1961 -- Civilian control -- Continuity and change -- Taking charge of Vietnam policy -- When military problems become economic problems -- The fall of 1963 -- McNamara's transition into the Johnson Administration -- Decisions, indecisions, visions and revisions -- McNamara in crisis, 1966-1968 -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Speaking to an advisor in 1966 about America's escalation of forces in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara confessed: 'We've made mistakes in Vietnam … I've made mistakes. But the mistakes I made are not the ones they say I made'. In 'I Made Mistakes', Aurélie Basha i Novosejt provides a fresh and controversial examination of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's decisions during the Vietnam War. Although McNamara is remembered as the architect of the Vietnam War, Novosejt draws on new sources - including the diaries of his advisor and confidant John T. McNaughton - to reveal a man who resisted the war more than most. As Secretary of Defense, he did not want the costs of the war associated with a new international commitment in Vietnam, but he sacrificed these misgivings to instead become the public face of the war out of a sense of loyalty to the President |
| Note |
Available to OhioLINK libraries |
| Subjects |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Economic aspects
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Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 -- Decision making
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McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009
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United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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| Alt Name |
Ohio Library and Information Network |
| Link |
Print version: 9781108415538 |
| Dewey No |
959.704/330973 23 |
| LC NO |
DS558.2 M36 B37 2019 |
| OCLC # |
1cr9781108234108 |
| ISBN |
9781108234108 (ebook) |
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9781108415538 (hardback) |
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9781108401555 (paperback) |
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