Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived (eBook)

Virtual JFK

James G. Blight, janet M. Lang, David A. Welch (Autoren)

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2009
456 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7425-5765-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Tackling head-on the most controversial and debated "what if" in U.S. foreign policy, this provocative work explores what President John F. Kennedy would have done in Vietnam had he not been assassinated in 1963. Drawing on a wealth of recently declassified documents, frank oral testimony of White House officials from both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the analysis of top historians, this book presents compelling evidence that JFK was ready to end U.S. involvement well before the conflict escalated. With vivid immediacy, readers will feel they are in the president's war room as the debates raged that forever changed the course of American history—and continue to affect us profoundly as the shadows of Vietnam stretch into Iraq.

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The Virtual JFK DVD is now available! For more information on the film companion to the book, visit http://www.virtualjfk.com/It Matters Who Is PresidentThen and NowAt the heart of this provocative book lies the fundamental question: Does it matter who is president on issues of war and peace? The Vietnam War was one of the most catastrophic and bloody in living memory, and its lessons take on resonance in light of Americas current devastating involvement in Iraq. Tackling head-on the most controversial and debated what if in U.S. foreign policy, this unique work explores what President John F. Kennedy would have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963. Drawing on a wealth of recently declassified documents, frank oral testimony of White House officials from both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the analysis of top historians, this book presents compelling evidence that JFK was ready to end U.S. involvement well before the conflict escalated. With vivid immediacy, readers will feel they are in the presidents war room as the debates raged that forever changed the course of American historyand continue to affect us profoundly today as the shadows of Vietnam stretch into Iraq.

Autor

James G. Blight is CIGI Chair of Foreign Policy Development, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. janet M. Lang is research professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs, and professor of political science, University of Waterloo.

Inhalt

Prologue: Whither Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived?Chapter 1: Why Kennedy, Johnson, and Vietnam? Why Now?Chapter 2: Who's Who at the Musgrove ConferenceChapter 3: What JFK Decided: November 1961Chapter 4: What JFK Decided: October–November 1963Chapter 5: What LBJ Decided: The "Long 1964"Chapter 6: Virtual JFK, Not Counterfactual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had LivedEpilogue: Does it Matter Who Is President in Matters of War and Peace?: A Tale of Three ChoicesAppendix A: Excerpts From Declassified Documents and Secret Audio TapesAppendix B: JFK What If Questionnaire for Musgrove Participants

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.2.2009
• Vorwort: Fredrik Logevall
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: american presidency
• ISBN-10: 0-7425-5765-0 / 0742557650
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-5765-9 / 9780742557659