Consequences of Failure

by William R. Corson

Book Overview

The author explores the nature and meaning of the United States' military failure in Vietnam and assesses its impact in America. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039333743X
• ISBN13: 9780393337433
• Release Date: February 1974
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

One of the finest military minds in America

Lieutenant-Colonel William R. Corson USMC (Retired) is without a doubt one of the finest and most respected military minds in the nation. Colonel Corson passed away a few years ago but this book is a living testimony to his military genius. A combat Marine in World War II, Korea and Vietnam...the author also had a B.B.A, M.A.,and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago and the American University. Colonel Corson has written a devastating book. In it he carefully explains how mismanagement, self-deception and corruption caused the failure of the American military effort in Vietnam. Before retiring from the Marine Corps, the author worked with both senior Pentagon officials and top White House advisors. This well-written and insightful book is an honest appraisal of a complicated subject by a special Marine officer with great vision.