The Resource Reckless : Henry Kissinger and the tragedy of Vietnam/, Robert K. Brigham
Reckless : Henry Kissinger and the tragedy of Vietnam/, Robert K. Brigham
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The item Reckless : Henry Kissinger and the tragedy of Vietnam/, Robert K. Brigham represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.
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- Summary
- "Henry Kissinger's role in the Vietnam War prolonged the American tragedy and doomed the government of South Vietnam. /The American war in Vietnam was concluded in 1973 after eight years of fighting, bloodshed, and loss. Yet the terms of the truce that ended the war were effectively identical to what had been offered to the Nixon administration four years earlier. Those four years cost America and Vietnam thousands of lives and billions of dollars, and they were the direct result of the supposed master plan of the most important voice in American foreign policy: Henry Kissinger. /Using newly available archival material from the Nixon Presidential Library, Kissinger's personal papers, and material from the archives in Vietnam, Robert K. Brigham punctures the myth of Kissinger as an infallible mastermind. Instead, he constructs a portrait of a rash, opportunistic, and suggestible politician. It was personal political rivalries, the domestic political climate, and strategic confusion that drove Kissinger's actions. There was no great master plan or Bismarckian theory that supported how the US continued the war or conducted peace negotiations. Its length was doubled for nothing but the ego and poor judgment of a single figure. /This distant tragedy, perpetuated by Kissinger's actions, forever changed both countries. Now, perhaps for the first time, we can see the full scale of that tragedy and the machinations that fed it." -- from book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages
- Contents
-
- Preface
- Acronyms
- Key players
- Map
- Chapter one: The apprentice, 1965-1969
- Chapter two: The lone cowboy, 1969
- Chapter three: Bold moves, 1970
- Chapter four: The standstill cease-fire, 1970-1971
- Chapter five: A war for peace, January 1 - August 31, 1972
- Chapter six: Peace is at hand, September 1972 - January 1973
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781610397025
- Label
- Reckless : Henry Kissinger and the tragedy of Vietnam/
- Title
- Reckless
- Title remainder
- Henry Kissinger and the tragedy of Vietnam/
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert K. Brigham
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Henry Kissinger's role in the Vietnam War prolonged the American tragedy and doomed the government of South Vietnam. /The American war in Vietnam was concluded in 1973 after eight years of fighting, bloodshed, and loss. Yet the terms of the truce that ended the war were effectively identical to what had been offered to the Nixon administration four years earlier. Those four years cost America and Vietnam thousands of lives and billions of dollars, and they were the direct result of the supposed master plan of the most important voice in American foreign policy: Henry Kissinger. /Using newly available archival material from the Nixon Presidential Library, Kissinger's personal papers, and material from the archives in Vietnam, Robert K. Brigham punctures the myth of Kissinger as an infallible mastermind. Instead, he constructs a portrait of a rash, opportunistic, and suggestible politician. It was personal political rivalries, the domestic political climate, and strategic confusion that drove Kissinger's actions. There was no great master plan or Bismarckian theory that supported how the US continued the war or conducted peace negotiations. Its length was doubled for nothing but the ego and poor judgment of a single figure. /This distant tragedy, perpetuated by Kissinger's actions, forever changed both countries. Now, perhaps for the first time, we can see the full scale of that tragedy and the machinations that fed it." -- from book jacket
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brigham, Robert K.
- Dewey number
- 973.924
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kissinger, Henry
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- United States
- Label
- Reckless : Henry Kissinger and the tragedy of Vietnam/, Robert K. Brigham
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-282) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Acronyms -- Key players -- Map -- Chapter one: The apprentice, 1965-1969 -- Chapter two: The lone cowboy, 1969 -- Chapter three: Bold moves, 1970 -- Chapter four: The standstill cease-fire, 1970-1971 -- Chapter five: A war for peace, January 1 - August 31, 1972 -- Chapter six: Peace is at hand, September 1972 - January 1973 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- on1019628546
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610397025
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019628546
- Label
- Reckless : Henry Kissinger and the tragedy of Vietnam/, Robert K. Brigham
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-282) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Acronyms -- Key players -- Map -- Chapter one: The apprentice, 1965-1969 -- Chapter two: The lone cowboy, 1969 -- Chapter three: Bold moves, 1970 -- Chapter four: The standstill cease-fire, 1970-1971 -- Chapter five: A war for peace, January 1 - August 31, 1972 -- Chapter six: Peace is at hand, September 1972 - January 1973 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- on1019628546
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610397025
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019628546
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