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001 00049824
003 DLC
005 20090505125137.0
008 000929s2001 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aMann, Robert,$d1958-
245 12 $aA grand delusion :$bAmerica's descent into Vietnam /$cRobert Mann.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2001.
300 $ax, 821 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 787-799) and index.
505 0 $aThe little pipsqueak: February 1965 -- pt. 1. The roots of war -- The "loss" of China: 1949-1950 -- Paralyzed with fear: 1950 -- Korea: 1950 -- The part-time isolationists: 1951 -- pt. 2. The initial descent -- Nothing but a grim joke: 1945-1950 -- The keystone in Southeast Asia: 1951 -- A great crusade: 1951-1952 -- Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 -- Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 -- You shall not fight unaided: 1953 -- La Guerre sale: 1954 -- We cannot engage in active war: 1954 -- Diplomacy of bluster and retreat: 1954 -- The best available prime minister: 1954-1955 -- This is our offspring: 1955-1956 -- A blank grant of power: 1957-1958 -- Nothing more than a mirage: 1958-1960 -- pt. 3. Into the morass -- Vietnam is the place: 1961 -- You're just crazier than hell: 1961 -- A world of illusion: 1962 -- The beginning of the beginning 1962 -- You did visit the same country, didn't you?: 1963 -- A stone rolling downhill: 1963 -- pt. 4. Escalation and deception -- Get in, get out, or get off: 1963-1964 -- The damn worst mess I ever saw: 1964 -- Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed: 1964 -- No wider war: 1964-1965 -- Harder choices: 1965 -- We are very deep already: 1965 -- This could be quagmire: 1965 -- Sliding farther into the morass of war: 1965 -- Let them know they are in a war: 1966 -- Once our flag is committed: 1966 -- Where does it all end?: 1966-1967 -- There is a rot in the fabric: 1967 -- A very near thing: 1968 -- Everyone has turned into a dove: 1968 -- The vice president has very few guns: 1968 -- pt. 5. Nixon's war -- Win the peace: 1969 -- This chamber reeks of blood: 1970 -- We'll bomb the bastards off the earth: 1970-1971 -- Peace is at hand: 1972 -- A spirit of doubt and contrition: 1972-1975.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$zUnited States.
651 0 $aAsia$xPolitics and government$y1945-
651 0 $aVietnam$xPolitics and government$y1945-1975.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/00049824-d.html