The Making of a Quagmire : America and Vietnam During the Kennedy Era

s/t: America & Vietnam During the Kennedy Era Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account of the most critical political period of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the Kennedy/Diem era remains as fresh and stimulating today as when it was first published in 1965. In the introduction to this edition, historian Daniel J. Singal provides crucial background information that was unavailable when the book was written. Pulitzer-prize Winning Author David Halberstam's Eyewitness Account Provides A Riveting Narrative Of How The United States Created A Major Foreign Policy Disaster For Itself In A Faraway Land It Knew Little About. In The Introduction To This Edition, Historian Daniel J. Singal Supplies Crucial Background Information That Was Unavailable In The Mid-1960s When The Book Was Written. With Its Numerous Firsthand Recollections Of Life In The War Zone, The Making Of A Quagmire Penetrates To The Essence Of What Went Wrong In Vietnam. Although Its Focus Is The Kennedy Era, Its Analysis Of The Blunders And Misconceptions Of American Military And Political Leaders Holds True For The Entire War. Coming Into A Troubled Land -- Latter-day Mandarins : The Ngo Family -- A Strange Alliance : The Americans And Diem -- In The Field With The Arvn -- Finding An Elusive Foe -- Disaster : The Battle Of Ap Bac -- Collapse In The Delta -- The Buddhist Revolt Begins -- The Raid On The Pagodas -- A Slow Change In American Policy -- The Saigon Press Controversy -- The Final Days Of Ngo Dinh Diem -- What Should Be Done In Vietnam? David Halberstam ; Edited With An Introduction By Daniel J. Singal. Previously Published: New York : Knopf, C1988.

Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account provides a riveting narrative of how the United States created a major foreign policy disaster for itself in a faraway land it knew little about. In the introduction to this edition, historian Daniel J. Singal supplies crucial background information that was unavailable in the mid-1960s when the book was written. With its numerous firsthand recollections of life in the war zone, The Making of a Quagmire penetrates to the essence of what went wrong in Vietnam. Although its focus is the Kennedy era, its analysis of the blunders and misconceptions of American military and political leaders holds true for the entire war.