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The Vietnam War files : uncovering the secret history of Nixon-era strategy

Author

Kimball, Jeffrey P.

Title

The Vietnam War files : uncovering the secret history of Nixon-era strategy / Jeffrey Kimball.

Format

Book

Published

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2004.

Description

xvii, 352 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

URL

<Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip046/2003015863.html

Series

Modern war studies

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-332) and index.

Contents

• Reality versus myth in Vietnam War strategy from Nixon to Ford
• Grand policy goals and initial strategy options
• Initial plans and mad schemes
• Back and forth between options
• Toward a decent, healthy interval
• Going out with a bang and an armistice
• Tales of the fall.

Subject headings

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

ISBN

0700612831 (alk. paper)