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Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
HarperCollins
June 1998
480 pages ISBN: 0060929081 Trade Size (reprint)
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Historical
Dereliction Of Duty is a stunning new analysis of how
and why the United States became involved in an all-out and
disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly
researched, based on recently released transcripts and
personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations and
decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what
happened and why. It also pinpoints the policies and
decisions that got the United States into the morass and
reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind
them, disproving the published theories of other historians
and excuses of the participants. Dereliction Of
Duty covers the story in strong narrative fashion,
focusing on a fascinating cast of characters: President
Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor,
McGeorge Bundy and other top aides who deliberately deceived
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. Congress and the
American public. Sure to generate controversy,
Dereliction Of Duty is an explosive and authoritative
new look at the controversy concerning the United States
involvement in Vietnam.
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