Research Catalog

Title

The unmaking of a president : Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam / Herbert Y. Schandler.

Author

Schandler, Herbert Y., 1928-2015.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1977.

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Details

Description

xx, 419 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"This book examines the events that led up to the day--March 31, 1968--when Lyndon Johnson dramatically renounced any attempt to be reelected president of the United States. It offers one of the best descriptions of U.S. policy surrounding the Tet offensive of that fateful March--a historic turning point in the war in Vietnam that led directly to the end of American military intervention."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• United States
• 1961-1975
• Vietnam War > (1961-1975)
• Johnson, Lyndon B
• Johnson, Lyndon B 1908-1973
• Johnson, Lyndon B (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
• Vietnamkrieg
• Politics and government
• United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 355-401.

Contents

Introduction -- The decision to intervene, 1964-1965 -- The search for a strategic concept, 1965-1967 -- The eve of Tet -- The Tet Offensive and United States reaction -- Emergency augmentation -- The troop request -- The Clifford task force: A-to-Z reassessment -- The President ponders -- The climate of opinion -- Politics and economics -- End of a strategy -- The wise men -- The President makes a decision -- Continuity or change? -- Explaining the decision-making process -- Appendixes.

ISBN

• 0691075867
• 9780691075860
• 0691022224
• 9780691022222

LCCN

76024297

OCLC

• ocm02644902
• 2644902
• SCSB-14473650

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library