RUST : Kennedy in Vietnam (fülszöveg)
How close were we to a full-scale war in Vietnam when Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded to the presidency in 1963? And what course of action might Kennedy have pursued had his presidency not been foreshortened by assassination? Kennedy in Vietnam examines America's Vietnam policy under the Kennedy administration, and provides the historical focus to address these critical and enduring speculations.
William J. Rust and the Editors of U.S. News Books interviewed virtually all of the living principals and researched thousands of pages of newly declassified documents, including White House meeting minutes and the Washington-Saigon cable traffic during the Kennedy years. The result is one of the most informed and disclosive analyses of those years.
Kennedy in Vietnam details the complexities of the Vietnam conflict at the tune of Kennedy's inauguration, and examines the far-reaching impact of the Bay of Pigs debacle on Kennedy's foreign policy. It elucidates the roles of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor, and Ambassadors Frederick Nolting and Henry Cabot Lodge, and explains Kennedy's attempts to forge coherent policy based on the conflicting proposals of his advisors.
Further attention is given to Vietnam's enigmatic President Diem, his contribution to Vietnam's diplomatic and military quagmire, and America's role in his overthrow and assassination.
Kennedy in Vietnam provides a new perspective on a critical and often misunderstood period of America's involvement in Vietnam. With its exhaustively researched and newly disclosed material, it clearly establishes the extent to which Kennedy's policies protracted our involvement, and to what extent his successors must be held accountable.
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