Virtual JFK

Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived

AvJames G. Blight,janet M. Lang

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Del i serien Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

470 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

The Virtual JFK DVD is now available! For more information on the film companion to the book, visit http://www.virtualjfk.com/It Matters Who Is President—Then and NowAt the heart of this provocative book lies the fundamental question: Does it matter who is president on issues of war and peace? The Vietnam War was one of the most catastrophic and bloody in living memory, and its lessons take on resonance in light of America's current devastating involvement in Iraq. Tackling head-on the most controversial and debated "what if" in U.S. foreign policy, this unique work explores what President John F. Kennedy would have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963. Drawing on a wealth of recently declassified documents, frank oral testimony of White House officials from both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the analysis of top historians, this book presents compelling evidence that JFK was ready to end U.S. involvement well before the conflict escalated. With vivid immediacy, readers will feel they are in the president's war room as the debates raged that forever changed the course of American history—and continue to affect us profoundly today as the shadows of Vietnam stretch into Iraq.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-02-16
Mått:154 x 231 x 29 mm
Vikt:746 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Antal sidor:472
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:Fredrik Logevall
ISBN:9780742557000
Utmärkelser:A Wall Street Journal Top Five Book on JFK

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

James G. Blight is CIGI Chair of Foreign Policy Development, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. janet M. Lang is research professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs, and professor of political science, University of Waterloo.

Recensioner i media

John F. Kennedy's unrealized Vietnam strategy gets a comprehensive workout in this volume. . . . The book offers other new insights (PBS broadcaster and former LBJ advisor Bill Moyers, a possible Kennedy-McNamara 'back-channel').

Innehållsförteckning

New Preface to the Paperback Edition: Virtual JFK to President Barack Obama: Is the Game in Afghanistan Worth the Candle?Prologue: Whither Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived?Chapter 1: Why Kennedy, Johnson, and Vietnam? Why Now?Chapter 2: Who's Who at the Musgrove ConferenceChapter 3: What JFK Decided: November 1961Chapter 4: What JFK Decided: October–November 1963Chapter 5: What LBJ Decided: The "Long 1964"Chapter 6: Virtual JFK, Not Counterfactual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had LivedEpilogue: Does it Matter Who Is President in Matters of War and Peace?: A Tale of Three ChoicesAppendix A: Excerpts From Declassified Documents and Secret Audio TapesAppendix B: JFK What If Questionnaire for Musgrove Participants