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Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam

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Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam

by Van DeMark, Brian

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Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam by Brian Van DeMark

THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES.

Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the young stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite millions of words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able to full explain why such decent, brilliant, and previously successful men failed so badly. With this book -- more than twenty years in the making -- that changes.

In Road to Disaster, acclaimed historian Brian Van DeMark draws upon decades of archival research, his own exclusive interviews with many of the officials involved with the war, and a wealth of previously unheard recordings by Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford, who served as defense secretaries for presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Beyond that, Road to Disaster is the first account of the war to look at the cataclysmic decisions of those in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations through the prism of recent research in cognitive science, psychology, and organizational theory to explain why "the best and the brightest" became trapped in situations that suffocated creative thinking and willingness to dissent; why they found change so hard; and why they were so blind to their own errors.

A comprehensive history of America's descent into Vietnam during the 1960s that posits a striking new way of understanding that catastrophe, Road to Disaster is a landmark in scholarship and a work of paramount importance, both in comprehending what happened and why, and -- just as importantly -- preventing fiascoes in the future.

THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES.

Custom House, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2018

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Title
Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam
Author
Van DeMark, Brian
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
0062449745
ISBN 13
9780062449740
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Custom House
Date Published
2018
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