The war council : McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam /

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Author / Creator:Preston, Andrew, 1973-
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Description:xi, 320 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5958022
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ISBN:0674021983 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-307) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Mentor: Henry L. Stimson's Influence on Bundy
  • 2. A Foreign Office in Microcosm: Creating the National Security Adviser and Recreating the NSC Staff
  • 3. Learning to Fear the Bomb: Kennedy's Crises and the Origins of Detente
  • 4. The Hawk: Walt Rostow and the First Attempt at Americanization
  • 5. The Soft Hawk: Michael Forrestal and Non-Military Escalation
  • 6. Bundy the Adviser: The Drift to War
  • 7. Bundy the Advocate: The Rush to War
  • 8. Bundy Ambivalent: Rolling Thunder, Student Unrest, and the Decision to Commit Troops
  • 9. Bundy Resilient: The Bombing Pause and the Continuing Search for a Successful Policy
  • Epilogue: Legacies
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography of Primary Sources
  • Index