The Vietnam War debate : Hans J. Morgenthau and the attempt to halt the drift into disaster

Author

Zimmer, Louis B., 1931-

Title

The Vietnam War debate : Hans J. Morgenthau and the attempt to halt the drift into disaster / Louis B. Zimmer.

Format

Book

Published

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.

Description

xxxix, 389 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Background to a needless war
• Morgenthau and Bundy : the Harvard dean fails the Vietnam reality test
• Media neglect of the national interest
• Morgenthau and Schlesinger and the national interest
• Morgenthau and the Council on Foreign Relations
• Morgenthau's influence, Fulbright's conversion and the stupidity of smart men
• "What I have said recently, I have been saying for years without anybody paying attention."

Subject headings

Morgenthau, Hans J. (Hans Joachim), 1904-1980--Political and social views.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Political aspects--United States.

ISBN

9780739137697 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739137697 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739137710 (electronic)
0739137719 (electronic)