Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam

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Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam is a historical study that reexamines how U.S. political and military leaders’ decisions and misjudgments led to the escalation and quagmire of the Vietnam War.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
addresses causes of U.S. escalation in Vietnam ⓘ
consequences of flawed decision-making ⓘ
aimsTo explain how U.S. leaders led the nation into a quagmire in Vietnam ⓘ
reexamine conventional narratives about the Vietnam War ⓘ
analyzes civil-military relations in the United States ⓘ
policy formation in the White House ⓘ
countryOfFocus United States of America ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
examines U.S. military leaders ⓘ
U.S. political leaders ⓘ
bureaucratic dynamics in U.S. government ⓘ
strategic miscalculations ⓘ
focusesOn U.S. decision-making in the Vietnam War ⓘ
escalation of the Vietnam War ⓘ
policy errors leading to quagmire ⓘ
genre historical study ⓘ
military history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers interested in the Vietnam War ⓘ
historians ⓘ
students of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject U.S. political leadership ⓘ
United States foreign policy ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
military decision-making ⓘ
policy misjudgments ⓘ
perspective revisionist history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
subjectArea U.S. history ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
security studies ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1960s ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
escalation phase of the Vietnam War ⓘ

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