The United States had never lost a war-that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in utter humiliation and abandon South Vietnam to a victorious communist army. The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision of whether to commit troops to war. In Haunting Legacy, the father-daughter journalist team of Marvin and Deborah Kalb presents a compelling, accessible, and hugely important history of presidential decisionmaking on one crucial issue: in light of the Vietnam debacle, under what circumstances should the United States go to war?
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Brookings Institution
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9780815721314
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105466211
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Marvin Kalb, Deborah Kalb
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Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama