| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Death of a generation/ Howard Jones. |
| Reminder of title: |
how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War / |
| Author: |
Jones, Howard, |
| Published: |
Oxford ;Oxford University Press, : 2003., |
| Description: |
x, [16] p. of plates, 562 p. :1 map, photos. ;25 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Introduction : toward a tragedy -- Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam : averting a quagmire -- Democracy at bay : Diem as mandarin -- Counteraction to counterinsurgency : the military solution -- Waging a secret war -- Subterfuge in the delta -- Strange seduction of Vietnam -- Decent veil of hypocrisy -- De-Americanizing the secret war -- From escalation to disengagement -- End of the tunnel? A comprehensive plan for South Vietnam -- Mandate from heaven? The Buddhist crisis and the demise of de-escalation -- Fire this time -- Road to a coup -- At the brink of a coup--again -- Toward a partial withdrawal -- President Kennedy's decision to withdraw -- Fall of the house of Ngo -- Conclusion : the tragedy of JFK. |
| Subject: |
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=129252An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
019530179X (electronic bk.) |