MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

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100 1 $aJones, Howard,$d1940-
245 10 $aDeath of a generation :$bhow the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War /$cHoward Jones.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2003.
300 $ax, [16] p. of plates, 562 p. :$b1 map, photos. ;$c25 cm.
505 0 $aIntroduction : toward a tragedy -- Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam : averting a quagmire -- Democracy at bay : Diem as mandarin -- Counteraction to counterinsurgency : the military solution -- Waging a secret war -- Subterfuge in the delta -- Strange seduction of Vietnam -- Decent veil of hypocrisy -- De-Americanizing the secret war -- From escalation to disengagement -- End of the tunnel? A comprehensive plan for South Vietnam -- Mandate from heaven? The Buddhist crisis and the demise of de-escalation -- Fire this time -- Road to a coup -- At the brink of a coup--again -- Toward a partial withdrawal -- President Kennedy's decision to withdraw -- Fall of the house of Ngo -- Conclusion : the tragedy of JFK.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [457]-546) and index.
650 0 $aVietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
600 10 $aKennedy, John F.$q(John Fitzgerald),$d1917-1963$xAssassination.
600 10 $aNgô, Đình Diệm,$d1901-1963$xAssassination.
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