— Foreign Affairs When first published in 1979, four years after the end of one of the most divisive conflicts in the United States, The Irony of Vietnam raised eyebrows. - Foreign Affairs When first published in 1979, four years after the end of one of the most divisive conflicts in the United States, The Irony of Vietnam raised eyebrows. Fearing a communist takeover of the country which would lead to the ‘domino effect of communism in Asia’, America committed Special Forces military advisers in the late 1950s to train South Vietnamese soldiers in counter-insurgency operations against the Viet Cong. divisive conflicts in the United States, The Irony of Vietnam raised eyebrows. Most students of the war argued that the United States had "stumbled into a quagmire in Vietnam through hubris and miscalculation," as the New York Times's Fox Butterfield put it. The irony of Vietnam by Leslie H. Gelb, Richard K. Betts, unknown edition, Free shipping for many products! When first published in 1979, four years after the end of one of the most divisive conflicts in the United States, The Irony of Vietnam raised eyebrows. He is also the host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” and a contributing editor for the Atlantic. — Foreign Affairs When first published in 1979, four years after the end of one of the most divisive conflicts in the United States, The Irony of Vietnam raised eyebrows. Buy Used $19.25 $ 25.99. That is what the system—the shared values, the political and bureaucratic pressures—was designed to do, and it did it.” The comprehensive analysis that supports this contention reflects the widest use thus fare of available sources, including recently declassified portions of negotiations documents and files in presidential libraries. Listen to an interview with Leslie Gelb on the Brookings Cafeteria Podcast. Most students of the war argued that the United States had "stumbled into a quagmire in Vietnam through hubris and miscalculation," as theNew York Times's Fox Butterfield put it. 1 Kinnard et al. If an historian were allowed but one book on the American involvement in Vietnam, this would be it. Chapter: (p.137) 4 The irony of Vietnam Source: Piercing the Bamboo Curtain Author(s): Michael Lumbers Publisher: Manchester University Press The Irony of VietnamLumbers The Irony of Vietnam:The Johnson Administration’s Tentative Bridge Building to China,1965–1966 M uch to Lyndon Johnson’s dismay, the Vietnam War directly or indirectly impinged on every facet of his presidency. Whey they persisted nonetheless is explained in this thorough account of their decisionmaking from 1946 to 1968, and how their mistakes might be avoided by policymakers in the future is considered in the final chapter. A Pulitzer Prize winner, former correspondent for the New York Times, and senior official in state and defense departments, he is currently president emeritus and board senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he served as president from 1993 to 2003. The irony of Vietnam : the system worked by Gelb, Leslie H. Publication date 1979 Topics Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam, Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States Publisher Washington : Brookings Institution Collection Few analysts of U.S. involvement in Vietnam would agree with the provocative conclusion of this book. To paraphrase them, U.S. leaders did what they wanted to do, they realized what they were doing, they Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This reissue is a Brookings Classic, a series of republished books for readers to revisit or discover previous, notable works by the Brookings Institution Press. : The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked Published by U.S. This top secret project Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam … Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked (A Brookings Classic). You can purchase print versions of Brookings Institution Press books online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop or Indiebound. In the years since its publication, The Irony of Vietnam has come to be considered the seminal work on the Vietnam War. — Foreign Affairs When first published in 1979, four years after the end of one of the most divisive conflicts in the United States, The Irony of Vietnam raised eyebrows. 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