Discusses the dangers of the arms race and argues that a build-up of conventional weapons would provide greater security

BLUNDERING INTO DIASTER

McNamara, Robert S.

Pantheon

History

The #1 national bestseller--an indispensable document for anyone interested in the Vietnam War. McNamara's controversial book tells the inside and personal story of America's descent into Vietnam from a unique point of view, and is one of the most enlightening books about government ever written. This new edition features a new Foreword by McNamara. of photos. (Military History)From the Trade Paperback edition.

In Retrospect

Americas

Random House Value Publishing

Aruges the Gorbachev's new initiatives present a genuine opportunity for change, and looks at the future

Out of the Cold: New Thinking for American Foreign and Defense Policy in the 21st Century

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Simon&Schuster

The #1 national bestseller--an indispensable document for anyone interested in the Vietnam War. McNamara's controversial book tells the inside and personal story of America's descent into Vietnam from a unique point of view, and is one of the most enlightening books about government ever written. This new edition features a new Foreword by McNamara. of photos. (Military History)

Asia

Random House]

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

The Secretary of Defense for the Kennedy and Johnson administrations provides a perceptive and candid account of how--and why--America became involved in Vietnam, discussing his own activities and the legacy of decisions made during the 1960s. 100,000 first printing. Tour.

Crown

Proposing a new perspective of American foreign and defense policy, Robert S. McNamara argues that Gorbachev's initiatives present opportunity for genuine change as he looks at the future of the United States and the world. For thirty years, Robert S. McNamara held national and international responsibilities in a world dominated by the Cold War. Towards the end of his career he began to believe the Cold War could be ended, freeing the United States from enormous defense budgets and crippling fears of nuclear war. Out of the Cold clarifies the issues, gives a penetrating analysis of the Cold War, and answers major doubts about Gorbachev's perestroika. McNamara argues that if we are bold today, the next century of the United States and the world will prosper as never before.

Out of the Cold

Touchstone

With Wilson's Ghost, Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight deliver an impassioned plea and a decisive and multi-faceted program for making the 21st century a more peaceful century than the last. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the war that has followed, have made their argument even more imperative. In a provocative synthesis of the pragmatic, historical, and philosophical arguments for avoiding war and achieving a sustainable peace, McNamara and Blight put forth a plan for realizing Woodrow Wilson's dream. The plan begins with a moral imperative that establishes the reduction of human carnage as a major goal of foreign policy across the globe, and details the necessity of adopting new policies to support that goal. McNamara and Blight argue that now is the time for a radical approach to reducing the risk of human carnage, and they demonstrate why we cannot afford to fail in this effort.

Wilson's Ghost: Reducing The Risk Of Conflict, Killing, And Catastrophe In The 21st Century

Blight, James G.

Blight, James

PublicAffairs

Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy

The former Secretary of Defense, and leading scholars from the U.S. and Vietnam, offer groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened-and why it could not be stopped before millions died. 
Drawing on an array of recently declassified documents and a series of unprecedented meetings with former top North Vietnamese leaders, Argument Without End re-frames the war and the decision-making that surrounded it. It draws surprising conclusions, many of which debunk conventional wisdom and which will no doubt cause debate among scholars, journalists, veterans, military personnel, and ordinary Americans who lived through the war era. Like no other book before it, Argument Without End allows us to look at the decisions that led to the war and to its tragic, ultimately pointless continuation. It also shows conclusively that the war could not be won militarily by the United States. One of the most important works on Vietnam to be published, Argument Without End is also a book of lasting relevance to all who seek to quell the conflicts between nations.

Argument Without End: In Search Of Answers To The Vietnam Tragedy

Brigham, Robert K.

Biersteker, Thomas J.

Schandler, Col. Herbert

Did the Vietnam War have to happen? And why couldn't it have ended earlier? These are among the questions that Robert McNamara and his collaborators ask in Argument Without End, a book that will stand as a major contribution to what we know about the Vietnam War. Drawing on a series of meetings that brought together, for the first time ever, senior American and Vietnamese officials who had served during the war, the book looks at the many instances in which one side, or both, made crucial mistakes that led to the war and its duration. Using Vietnamese and Chinese documents, many never before made public, McNamara reveals both American and Vietnamese blunders, and points out ways in which such mistakes can be avoided in the future. He also shows conclusively that war could not be won militarily by the United States.McNamara's last book on Vietnam was one of the most controversial books ever published in this country. This book will reignite the passionate debate about the war, about McNamara, and about the lessons we can take away from the tragedy.

Biographies & Memoirs

Schandler, Colonel Herbert

Historical

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BLUNDERING INTO DIASTER

BLUNDERING INTO DIASTER

In Retrospect

Out of the Cold: New Thinking for American Foreign and Defense Policy in the 21st Century

In Retrospect

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

Out of the Cold

Wilson's Ghost: Reducing The Risk Of Conflict, Killing, And Catastrophe In The 21st Century

Argument Without End: In Search Of Answers To The Vietnam Tragedy

Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy