The war council : McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam /
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| Author / Creator: | Preston, Andrew, 1973- |
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| 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 |
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
