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Dereliction of Duty

Johnson, Mcnamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

Dereliction of Duty( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: McMaster, H. R.
ISBN:978-0-06-018795-8
Publication Date:Jun 1997
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $54.55
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Dereliction of Duty is a groundbreaking analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Meticulously researched and based on transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations, and decisions, it is the only book that fully recreates what happened and why. H. R. McMaster pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives...
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McMaster, H. R. (Author)


Herbert Raymond McMaster was born on July 24, 1962 in Philadelphia. He is a U.S. Army lieutenant general and the 26th National Security Advisor. His military assignments include Director of Army Capabilities Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

McMaster earned a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in American history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His thesis was critical of American strategy in the Vietnam War, which was further detailed in his 1997 book Dereliction of Duty. In this book McMaster's explores the military's role in the policies of the Vietnam War. The book criticized high-ranking officers of that era, arguing that they inadequately challenged Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and President Lyndon Johnson on their Vietnam strategy. His other titles include The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell, Lesson for a Long War: How America can Win on New Battlefields and Ideas and Weapons: Influence and Perception in Modern Warfare.

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