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Blowtorch

Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War strategy

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Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War strategy

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Naval Institute Press
Language
English
Pages
401

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Subjects

Vietnam War, 1961-1975, National security, Intelligence officers, National Security Council (U.S.), Officials and employees, Civic action, Military policy, United States, United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Civil Operations and Rural Development Support, United States. Department of Defense, Biography, Cold War, Armed Forces, Decision making, History, National security, united states, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, biography, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states, Intelligence officers, biography, United states, department of defense, United states, armed forces, United states, military policy

People

Robert Komer (1922-2000)

Places

United States, Vietnam

Times

20th century

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Table of Contents

Toward the New Frontier
A man of proper ambition
Pragmatic new frontiersman
Komer's war
"Our India enterprise"
Lyndon Johnson's man
Pacification czar
A new thrust to pacification
In country
Taking off
The year of the monkey
The old fox gets fired
Revival and departure
A new transatlantic bargain
Pentagon policymaker
The sin of unilateralism
The wisdom of hindsight: Vietnam reassessed
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-390) and index.

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Annapolis, Maryland
Other Titles
Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War strategy

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355.0092, B
Library of Congress
UA23 .J645 2013, UA23.J645 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 401 pages
Number of pages
401

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30662339M
ISBN 13
9781612512280, 9781612512297
LCCN
2012044954
OCLC/WorldCat
813910349

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