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Author | : Pat Proctor |
Publisher | : Skyhorse |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 2016-11-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1631440578 |
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Is it possible that a president and his administration would purposefully mislead the American public so that they could commit the United States to a war that is not theirs to fight? Anyone with even a remote memory of the phrase “weapons of mass destruction” probably finds such a question naive. On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War, those with longer memories would consider the unquestioning acceptance of Saddam Hussein’s “gathering threat” even more naive. Providing historical context that highlights how the decision to use force is made, as well as how it is “sold,” Containment and Credibility explores how the half-truths and outright lies of both the Johnson and Nixon administrations brought us into a conflict that cost more than fifty thousand American lives over eight years. As we consider how best to confront the growing threat of ISIS, it is increasingly important for the public to understand how we were convinced to go to war in the past. In the 1960s, the domino theory warning of the spread of communism provided the rationale for war, followed by the deception of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the resulting resolution that essentially gave LBJ a blank check. This book will show how this deception ultimately led to the unraveling of the Johnson presidency and will explore the credibility gap that led to the public political debate of that time. Containment and Credibility applies the lessons of the sixties to today’s similar debates regarding military involvement. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Author | : John Lewis Gaddis |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2005-06-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199883998 |
Download Strategies of Containment Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's postwar plans, Gaddis provides a thorough critical analysis of George F. Kennan's original strategy of containment, NSC-68, The Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look," the Kennedy-Johnson "flexible response" strategy, the Nixon-Kissinger strategy of detente, and now a comprehensive assessment of how Reagan - and Gorbechev - completed the process of containment, thereby bringing the Cold War to an end. He concludes, provocatively, that Reagan more effectively than any other Cold War president drew upon the strengths of both approaches while avoiding their weaknesses. A must-read for anyone interested in Cold War history, grand strategy, and the origins of the post-Cold War world.
Author | : Andrew H. Kydd |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2007-08-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0691133883 |
Download Trust and Mistrust in International Relations Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Develops a theory of trust in international relations and applies it to the Cold War. Contrary to the common view that both sides were willing to compromise but failed because of mistrust, this work argues that most of the mistrust in the Cold War was justified, because the Soviets were not trustworthy.
Author | : Christian Cantrell |
Publisher | : 47North |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Fantasy fiction |
ISBN | : 9781612183626 |
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Originally published: [Virginia?]: Cantrell Media Co., 2010.
Author | : Yuen Foong Khong |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2020-05-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691212910 |
Download Analogies at War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "lessons of history" as they contemplated taking their nation to war. Do these historical analogies actually shape policy, or are they primarily tools of political justification? Yuen Foong Khong argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Khong identifies what these tasks are and shows how they can be used to explain the U.S. decision to intervene in Vietnam. Relying on interviews with senior officials and on recently declassified documents, the author demonstrates with a precision not attained by previous studies that the three most important analogies of the Vietnam era--Korea, Munich, and Dien Bien Phu--can account for America's Vietnam choices. A special contribution is the author's use of cognitive social psychology to support his argument about how humans analogize and to explain why policymakers often use analogies poorly.
Author | : David F. Schmitz |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2014-04-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1442227109 |
Download Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War, accomplished foreign relations historian David F. Shmitz provides students of US history and the Vietnam era with an up-to-date analysis of Nixon’s Vietnam policy in a brief and accessible book that addresses the main controversies of the Nixon years. President Richard Nixon’s first presidential term oversaw the definitive crucible of the Vietnam War. Nixon came into office seeking the kind of decisive victory that had eluded President Johnson, and went about expanding the war, overtly and covertly, in order to uphold a policy of “containment,” protect America’s credibility, and defy the left’s antiwar movement at home. Tactically, politically, Nixon’s moves made sense. However, by 1971 the president was forced to significantly de-escalate the American presence and seek a negotiated end to the war, which is now accepted as an American defeat, and a resounding failure of American foreign relations. Schmitz addresses the main controversies of Nixon’s Vietnam strategy, and in so doing manages to trace back the ways in which this most calculating and perceptive politician wound up resigning from office a fraud and failure. Finally, the book seeks to place the impact of Nixon’s policies and decisions in the larger context of post-World War II American society, and analyzes the full costs of the Vietnam War that the nation feels to this day.
Author | : Gordon M. Goldstein |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : National security |
ISBN | : 0805079718 |
Download Lessons in Disaster Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
11th Subejct: National Security -- United States-- 20th century.
Author | : James T. Patterson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 2924 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019507680X |
Download Grand Expectations Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Interweaving key cultural, economic, social, and political events, a history of the United States in the post-World War II era ranges from 1945, through a turbulent period of economic growth and social upheaval, to Watergate and Nixon's 1974 resignation
Author | : Steven M. Wright |
Publisher | : Garnet & Ithaca Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780863723216 |
Download The United States and Persian Gulf Security Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Offers an analysis of US foreign policy towards Iran and Iraq since the end of Cold War. This title charts its developments and changes right through to the contemporary period of the War on Terror epitomized by the Presidency of George W Bush. It also provides an examination of US foreign policy towards political Islam.
Author | : Vivienne Sanders |
Publisher | : Hodder Education |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2012-08-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1444156616 |
Download Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Cold War and the Americas 1945-1981 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This series has taken the clarity, accessibility, reliability and in-depth analysis of our best-selling Access to History series and tailor-made it for the History IB Diploma. Each title in the series supports a specific topic in the IB History guide through thorough content coverage and examination guidance - helping students develop a good knowledge and understanding of the required content alongside the skills they need to do well. The Cold War and the Americas 1945-81 has been written to fully support the section of the same name in HL option 3: Aspects of the History of the Americas and includes: - authoritative, clear and engaging narrative which combines depth of content with accessibility of approach - up-to-date historiography with clear analysis and associated TOK activities - guidance on answering exam-style questions with model answers and practice questions.