The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret History of Nixon Era Strategy
Kimball, Jeffrey P.
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384 pages Drawing from a treasure trove of formerly secret files, Jeffrey Kimball attempts to uncover the truth behind Nixon's and Kissinger's management of the Vietnam War and to better understand the policies and strategies of the Vietnamese, Soviets and Chinese. Clean. Seller Inventory # 007430
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret...
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Printing
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"Offers a surprising glimpse into policymaking as U.S. leaders searched for ways to terminate a counterinsurgency operation that had gone on too long."Journal of Cold War Studies
"Historians will benefit tremendously from both Kimballs primary evidence and original insight. . . . A compelling historical analysis."International History Review
"Those who know the basic story but who have not kept up with the emerging details will learn a great deal, and all readers will benefit by thinking again about these difficult years. . . . This work by Jeffrey Kimball, who wrote a major book on the subject prior to the release of some of these documents, is a good guide to the declassified record; students of Nixon, diplomatic history, and Vietnam will find the selections fascinating, ranging as they do from White House tapes to records of the Paris negotiations and Soviet-American interactions, and even a few records from North Vietnam, including some interviews that Kimball himself conducted."Political Science Quarterly
"As Kimball shows in this enlightening volume, the presidents strategy for ending the war was neither as swift, nor as straightforward, as the American people were led to believe. . . . An important and gripping work, this volume is a must-read for any serious student of the war."Publishers Weekly
"Kimball provides excellent appraisals of Nixons diplomacy and includes interviews, entries from H.R. Haldemans journal, memos between Nixon and Kissinger, and correspondence among members of the State and Defense departments to support his assertions. Nixon is shown to be an arrogant leader who failed to recognize that the leaders of the Soviet Union, the Peoples Republic of China, and North Vietnam viewed as transparent his attempts to play one country against the other. Kimballs most damning indictment of Nixon is that he sought a decent-interval strategy, which deliberately delayed negotiations and the fall of the Thieu government until the President was reelected in 1972."Library Journal
A quite remarkable and highly readable account of the Nixon Administrations war and peace strategy. The variety of sources, the clear and concise introductions, and the drama itself of how the Madman Theory evolved, and dissolved, make this our best study yet of the wars end.Lloyd C. Gardner, author of Pay Any Price: Lyndon Johnson and the Wars for Vietnam
An important book, full of new and essential material, tied together by Kimballs exceedingly clear prose and judicious evaluations. Students of the era will be in his debt for a long time to come.Melvin Small, author of The Presidency of Richard Nixon
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