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Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy Revised Edition
Contributor(s): McNamara, Robert S. (Author), Blight, James G. (Author), Brigham, Robert K. (Author)
ISBN: 1891620878     ISBN-13: 9781891620874
Publisher: PublicAffairs
OUR PRICE:   $24.69  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2000
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Annotation: The former Secretary of Defense, and leading scholars from the U.S. and Vietnam, offer a groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened-- and why it could not be stopped before three million people died.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - Southeast Asia
- History | Military - Vietnam War
Dewey: 959.704
LCCN: 99011830
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6" W x 9" (1.50 lbs) 512 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1960's
- Chronological Period - 1970's
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
 
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Publisher Description:
Did the Vietnam War have to happen? And why couldn't it have ended earlier? These are among the questions that Robert McNamara and his collaborators ask in Argument Without End, a book that will stand as a major contribution to what we know about the Vietnam War. Drawing on a series of meetings that brought together, for the first time ever, senior American and Vietnamese officials who had served during the war, the book looks at the many instances in which one side, or both, made crucial mistakes that led to the war and its duration. Using Vietnamese and Chinese documents, many never before made public, McNamara reveals both American and Vietnamese blunders, and points out ways in which such mistakes can be avoided in the future. He also shows conclusively that war could not be won militarily by the United States. McNamara's last book on Vietnam was one of the most controversial books ever published in this country. This book will reignite the passionate debate about the war, about McNamara, and about the lessons we can take away from the tragedy