Vietnam Trauma In American Foreign Policy

Author : Paul M. Kattenburg
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412839564

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The Vietnam Trauma in American Foreign Policy by Paul M. Kattenburg Pdf

This study of ten fateful decisions made on Indochina between 1961-75 highlights the ascent of the civilian militarists and of strategy over diplomacy in United States policymaking and reveals the inexorably interlinked and escalating character of the decisions and the central purpose of American presidents: not to have to face the expected domestic political consequences of defeat in Indochina. As a result, we were led into a prolonged stalemate in which "acting" and the management of programs became a more important preoccupation than thinking about our purposes and values, in which analysis become wholly subjective and therefore defective, and in which decision-making occurred in a closed system which did not allow for divergent inputs.

Author : Alan R. Beals
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351301862

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Vietnam Trauma in American Foreign Policy by Alan R. Beals Pdf

This study of ten fateful decisions made on Indochina between 1961-75 highlights the ascent of the civilian militarists and of strategy over diplomacy in United States policymaking and reveals the inexorably interlinked and escalating character of the decisions and the central purpose of American presidents: not to have to face the expected domestic political consequences of defeat in Indochina. As a result, we were led into a prolonged stalemate in which "acting" and the management of programs became a more important preoccupation than thinking about our purposes and values, in which analysis become wholly subjective and therefore defective, and in which decision-making occurred in a closed system which did not allow for divergent inputs.

Author : Alan R. Beals
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1351301888

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Vietnam Trauma in American Foreign Policy by Alan R. Beals Pdf

"This study of ten fateful decisions made on Indochina between 1961-75 highlights the ascent of the civilian militarists and of strategy over diplomacy in United States policymaking and reveals the inexorably interlinked and escalating character of the decisions and the central purpose of American presidents: not to have to face the expected domestic political consequences of defeat in Indochina. As a result, we were led into a prolonged stalemate in which "acting" and the management of programs became a more important preoccupation than thinking about our purposes and values, in which analysis become wholly subjective and therefore defective, and in which decision-making occurred in a closed system which did not allow for divergent inputs."--Provided by publisher.

Author : G. Simons
Publisher : Springer
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230377677

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The Vietnam Syndrome by G. Simons Pdf

This book focuses on the 'Vietnam Syndrome' - the effects for the United States of the American defeat in the Vietnam War. It argues that a full understanding of the Syndrome requires a proper appreciation of key shaping elements in Vietnamese and American history. Attention is given to the racial genocide that attended the birth of the United States, to US imperialism and capitalism, and to the Cold War framework. The nature of America as a plutocracy is emphasised, followed by profiles of policy options and three specific issues: post-war Vietnam, El Salvador and Iraq.

Author : John Roosevelt Boettiger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120040832

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Vietnam and American Foreign Policy by John Roosevelt Boettiger Pdf

Author : Robert W. Gregg,Charles W. Kegley
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Books
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015002235425

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After Vietnam by Robert W. Gregg,Charles W. Kegley Pdf

Author : Robert D. Schulzinger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198023616

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A Time for Peace by Robert D. Schulzinger Pdf

The Vietnam War left wounds that have taken three decades to heal--indeed some scars remain even today. In A Time for Peace, prominent American historian Robert D. Schulzinger sheds light on how deeply etched memories of this devastating conflict have altered America's political, social, and cultural landscape. Schulzinger examines the impact of the war from many angles. He traces the long, twisted, and painful path of reconciliation with Vietnam, the heated controversy over soldiers who were missing in action, the influx of over a million Vietnam refugees into the US, and the plight of Vietnam veterans, many of whom returned home alienated, unhappy, and unappreciated. Schulzinger looks at how the controversies of the war have continued to be fought in books and films and, perhaps most important, he explores the power of the Vietnam metaphor on foreign policy, particularly in Central America, Somalia, the Gulf War, and the war in Iraq. Using a vast array of sources, A Time for Peace provides an illuminating account of a war that still looms large in the American imagination.

Author : Richard A. Melanson
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : 0312046510

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Reconstructing Consensus by Richard A. Melanson Pdf

Author : Michael P. Sullivan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015010446014

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The Vietnam War by Michael P. Sullivan Pdf

The war in Vietnam achieved almost none of the goals the American decision-makers formulated, and it cost more than 56,000 American lives. Yet, until recently, Americans have preferred to ignore the causes and consequences of this disaster by treating the war as an aberration in United States foreign policy, an unfortunate but unique mistake. What are the ""lessons"" of Vietnam? Many previous discussions have focused on narrow or misleading questions, rehashing military decisions, for example, or offering blow-by-blow accounts of Washington infighting, or castigating foreign-policy decision-makers. Michael Sullivan undertakes instead a broad and systematic treatment of the American experience in Vietnam, using a variety of theoretical perspectives to study several aspects of that experience, including the decision-making process and decision-makers' perceptions of the war; public opinion and "mood" before, during and after the war; and the Vietnam War in relation to the Cold War and to power structures and patterns of violence in the international system

Author : Anthony Lake
Publisher : New York : New York University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : United States
ISBN : 081474964X

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The Vietnam Legacy by Anthony Lake Pdf

Author : Robert Schulzinger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470999035

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A Companion to American Foreign Relations by Robert Schulzinger Pdf

This is an authoritative volume of historiographical essays that survey the state of U.S. diplomatic history. The essays cover the entire range of the history of American foreign relations from the colonial period to the present. They discuss the major sources and analyze the most influential books and articles in the field. Includes discussions of new methodological approaches in diplomatic history.

Author : A. Hybel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137397690

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US Foreign Policy Decision-Making from Kennedy to Obama by A. Hybel Pdf

This book analyzes the foreign policy decision-making processes of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama during military intervention by way of contemporary foreign policy decision-making models (FPDMs).

Author : Michael Desch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691228990

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Cult of the Irrelevant by Michael Desch Pdf

How professionalization and scholarly “rigor” made social scientists increasingly irrelevant to US national security policy To mobilize America’s intellectual resources to meet the security challenges of the post–9/11 world, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates observed that “we must again embrace eggheads and ideas.” But the gap between national security policymakers and international relations scholars has become a chasm. In Cult of the Irrelevant, Michael Desch traces the history of the relationship between the Beltway and the Ivory Tower from World War I to the present day. Recounting key Golden Age academic strategists such as Thomas Schelling and Walt Rostow, Desch’s narrative shows that social science research became most oriented toward practical problem-solving during times of war and that scholars returned to less relevant work during peacetime. Social science disciplines like political science rewarded work that was methodologically sophisticated over scholarship that engaged with the messy realities of national security policy, and academic culture increasingly turned away from the job of solving real-world problems. In the name of scientific objectivity, academics today frequently engage only in basic research that they hope will somehow trickle down to policymakers. Drawing on the lessons of this history as well as a unique survey of current and former national security policymakers, Desch offers concrete recommendations for scholars who want to shape government work. The result is a rich intellectual history and an essential wake-up call to a field that has lost its way.

Author : Joe Renouard
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812247732

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Human Rights in American Foreign Policy by Joe Renouard Pdf

Global in scope and ambitious in scale, Human Rights in American Foreign Policy examines American responses to a broad array of human rights violations.

Author : Louis Peake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135906795

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The United States and the Vietnam War, 1954-1975 by Louis Peake Pdf

The United States in the Vietnam War, 1954-1975 is an invaluable reference guide to the costly and controversial war the U.S. waged in Vietnam, over the course of five presidential administrations. Focusing not only on the conflict in Southeast Asia, but also on the tumult the war inspired on the domestic front, Louis Peake provides an authoritative guide to the wide range of media available on the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. From collections of art work and poetry about the soldiering experience, to journalistic accounts of battles, and military training films, the entries consistently provide clear and concise descriptions, allowing the reader to easily identify the value of any particular resource. With revised and updated annotations, and over 150 new entries, this second edition of The United States in the Vietnam War, 1954-1975 is an invaluable reference tool for researchers and students of the Vietnam War. Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies provide concise, annotated bibliographies to the major areas and events in American military history. With the inclusion of brief critical annotations after each entry, the student and researcher can easily assess the utility of each bibliographic source and evaluate the abundance of resources available with ease and efficiency. Comprehensive, concise, and current—Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies are an essential research tool for any historian.