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21) Containment and credibility: the ideology and deception that plunged America into the Vietnam War
Author
Publisher
Carrel Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xii, 518 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Is it possible that a president and his administration would purposefully mislead the American public so that they could commit the United States to a war that is not theirs to fight? Anyone with even a remote memory of the phrase 'weapons of mass destruction' probably finds such a question naive. On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War, those with longer memories would consider the unquestioning acceptance of Saddam Hussein's 'gathering...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
437 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rules of engagement cuts through the fog of war to reveal the untold story of what happened in Haditha, Iraq -- where twenty-four of the town's residents were killed by U.S. forces in what many in the media branded Iraq's My Lai. With accusations swirling that the Marines massacred Iraqi civilians in cold blood, the Haditha incident has led to one of the largest criminal cases against U.S. troops in the Iraq war. But real questions have emerged about...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"From one of America's preeminent national security journalists, an explosive, news-breaking account of Donald Trump's collision with the American national security establishment, and with the world It is a simple fact that no president in American history brought less foreign policy experience to the White House than Donald J. Trump. The real estate developer from Queens promised to bring his brash, zero-sum swagger to bear to cut through America's...
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