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Death of a generation : how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War

Author: Howard Jones
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: John F Kennedy; Đình Diệm Ngô; John F Kennedy; Đình Diệm Ngô; Ngô-đình-Diệm.; John F Kennedy
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Howard Jones
ISBN: 0195052862 9780195052862 0195176057 9780195176056
OCLC Number: 50630482
Description: x, 562 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction : toward a tragedy --
Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam : averting a quagmire --
Democracy at bay : Diem as mandarin --
Counteraction to counterinsurgency : the military solution --
Waging a secret war --
Subterfuge in the delta --
Strange seduction of Vietnam --
Decent veil of hypocrisy --
De-Americanizing the secret war --
From escalation to disengagement --
End of the tunnel? A comprehensive plan for South Vietnam --
Mandate from heaven? The Buddhist crisis and the demise of de-escalation --
Fire this time --
Road to a coup --
At the brink of a coup--again --
Toward a partial withdrawal --
President Kennedy's decision to withdraw --
Fall of the house of Ngo --
Conclusion : the tragedy of JFK.
Responsibility: Howard Jones.
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