xi, 559 pages 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-549)

The decade of Vietnam -- The colonial legacy -- Passing the baton -- Blueprint for a house of cards : Geneva, 1954 -- Forging a double-edged sword : Manila, 1954 -- Birth of a non-nation -- Diem, Dulles, and dominoes -- Kennedy's commitment -- Death of a Mandarin -- Interregnum : Washington and Saigon -- McNamara's war -- Johnson's war -- Tragedy of errors -- End of an administration ; end of a policy -- No more Vietnams -- Crusades, commitments, and constraints

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