In Retrospect The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
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06.09.2017
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Englisch
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The definitive insider's account of American policy making in Vietnam.
"Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."-Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's controversial memoir answers the lingering questions that surround this disastrous episode in American history.
With unprecedented candor and drawing on a wealth of newly declassified documents, McNamara reveals the fatal misassumptions behind our involvement in Vietnam. Keenly observed and dramatically written, In Retrospect possesses the urgency and poignancy that mark the very best histories-and the unsparing candor that is the trademark of the greatest personal memoirs.
Includes a preface written by McNamara for the paperback edition.
"Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."-Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's controversial memoir answers the lingering questions that surround this disastrous episode in American history.
With unprecedented candor and drawing on a wealth of newly declassified documents, McNamara reveals the fatal misassumptions behind our involvement in Vietnam. Keenly observed and dramatically written, In Retrospect possesses the urgency and poignancy that mark the very best histories-and the unsparing candor that is the trademark of the greatest personal memoirs.
Includes a preface written by McNamara for the paperback edition.
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Robert S. Mc Namara liefert in "In Retrospective" einen schonungslosen, selbstkritischen Blick auf die Vorgänge im Weißen Haus während des Vietnamkrieges und beleuchtet sehr detailiert die Gedankengänge der Administration, die verschiedenen Akteure (aus Pentagon, State Department, Army, usw.) und ihre Erwartungen und Einschätzungen hinsichtlich der Entwicklungen in Südostasien und die verheerenden Folgen ihrer "Containment-Politik". Wer also nicht an einer Kriegschronik, sondern an einem Buch über die politischen Entscheidungen und Hintergründe interessiert ist, der kommt an diesem Buch nicht vorbei. Mir hat dieses Buch geholfen, aktuelle Enwicklungen in Afghanistan besser zu verstehen.