Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

by Gordon M. Goldstein

Book Overview

A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war's architects "I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share it."These are not words that Americans ever expected to hear from McGeorge Bundy, the national security adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805079718
• ISBN13: 9780805079715
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Times Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"