Description
Details how the U.S. State Department attempted, and failed, to save South Vietnam from North Vietnamese aggression and the powerful domestic political influences that ultimately led to America's defeat.
Ten years after the end of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, a career Foreign Service officer, Thomas J. Corcoran, set down in writing his thoughts on the history of US State Department policy during America's involvement with South Vietnam. Like many Americans of his generation, he was perplexed by the failure of America to achieve its goals in South Vietnam. As an ambassador and with over 30 years of diplomatic experience--beginning in 1948 when he was assigned to Hanoi and involving other postings in Southeast Asia--he brought to his analysis a long and rich personal experience with events in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
The result is a thoughtful, objective and well-researched study that chronicles the key policy decisions made by the US State Department throughout the entire period from 1945 to 1975; decisions that ultimately led to the first war lost by the United States. In his extensive study, Corcoran does an excellent job of exposing many of the myths and falsehoods found in orthodox histories of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Author: Thomas J. Corcoran
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 11/30/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781636243672
ISBN10: 1636243673
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
- History | Military | Strategy
- History | Military | United States
Ten years after the end of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, a career Foreign Service officer, Thomas J. Corcoran, set down in writing his thoughts on the history of US State Department policy during America's involvement with South Vietnam. Like many Americans of his generation, he was perplexed by the failure of America to achieve its goals in South Vietnam. As an ambassador and with over 30 years of diplomatic experience--beginning in 1948 when he was assigned to Hanoi and involving other postings in Southeast Asia--he brought to his analysis a long and rich personal experience with events in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
The result is a thoughtful, objective and well-researched study that chronicles the key policy decisions made by the US State Department throughout the entire period from 1945 to 1975; decisions that ultimately led to the first war lost by the United States. In his extensive study, Corcoran does an excellent job of exposing many of the myths and falsehoods found in orthodox histories of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Author: Thomas J. Corcoran
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 11/30/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781636243672
ISBN10: 1636243673
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
- History | Military | Strategy
- History | Military | United States