The Vietnam War debate Hans J. Morgenthau and the attempt to halt the drift into disaster /

Zimmer, Louis B., 1931-

The Vietnam War debate Hans J. Morgenthau and the attempt to halt the drift into disaster / [electronic resource] : Louis B. Zimmer. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011. - xxxix, 389 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background to a needless war -- Morgenthau and Bundy : the Harvard dean fails the Vietnam reality test -- Media neglect of the national interest -- Morgenthau and Schlesinger and the national interest -- Morgenthau and the Council on Foreign Relations -- Morgenthau's influence, Fulbright's conversion and the stupidity of smart men -- "What I have said recently, I have been saying for years without anybody paying attention."


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780739137710 (electronic bk.) 9780739137710 (electronic bk.)




Morgenthau, Hans J. 1904-1980 --Political and social views.


Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Political aspects--United States.


Electronic books.

DS558 / .Z54 2011

959.704/3