A Tragic War
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A Tragic War
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Author : Thomas M Lemberg
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2023-06-14
A Tragic War written by Thomas M Lemberg and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-14 with categories.
This is a work of literature about the Americanization of the Vietnam War under the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. One major dimension of the human condition is tragic and that the Americanization of the war and Lyndon Johnson's role relating to Vietnam were a tragedy. It was a disaster for the people of Vietnam and America. Yet, the people who launched it were men of intelligence and ability doing what they believed was right and important, that God was on their - our - side. They were the representatives of a nation not only great in power but, for all its faults, then great in moral stature. Their beliefs and actions were those that dominated their time and place. And, still, their mission utterly failed, wreaking death and destruction and undermining the social fabrics of both countries. It is easy to say that they erred, that this could have been avoided - many said so at the time. But, they did what they did with much thought and without being evil or perverse. The world is still paying the price. The novella follows the progress of the war from the decision to send American ground troops and bombers in early 1965 to Johnson's refusal to escalate further and to withdraw from the election of 1968 after the Tet offensive of that year and aftermaths of that decision. It is seen through the eyes of Johnson, his council of war, his young aide, young Americans in the peace movement and soldiers on both sides. Other wars have been tragic: Thucydides wrote one of the world's great tragedies about the conduct of Athens in the Peloponnesian War in the form of the war's history. The tragedy of Vietnam has had consequences which have shaped much of the subsequent world and whose meaning transcends its time. It calls for telling.
Vietnam An Epic History Of A Tragic War
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Author : Max Hastings
language : en
Publisher: William Collins
Release Date : 2019-04-15
Vietnam An Epic History Of A Tragic War written by Max Hastings and has been published by William Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-15 with United States categories.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His masterpiece' Antony Beevor, Spectator 'A masterful performance' Sunday Times 'By far the best book on the Vietnam War' Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year
The Lessons Of Tragedy
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Author : Hal Brands
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-26
The Lessons Of Tragedy written by Hal Brands and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-26 with Political Science categories.
A “brilliant” examination of American complacency and how it puts the nation’s—and the world’s—security at risk (The Wall Street Journal). The ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage—to spur citizens and their leaders to take the difficult actions necessary to avert such a fate. Today, after more than seventy years of great-power peace and a quarter-century of unrivaled global leadership, Americans have lost their sense of tragedy. They have forgotten that the descent into violence and war has been all too common throughout human history. This amnesia has become most pronounced just as Americans and the global order they created are coming under graver threat than at any time in decades. In a forceful argument that brims with historical sensibility and policy insights, two distinguished historians argue that a tragic sensibility is necessary if America and its allies are to address the dangers that menace the international order today. Tragedy may be commonplace, Brands and Edel argue, but it is not inevitable—so long as we regain an appreciation of the world’s tragic nature before it is too late. “Literate and lucid—sure to interest to readers of Fukuyama, Huntington, and similar authors as well as students of modern realpolitik.” —Kirkus Reviews
Tragedy Of Vietnam
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Author : Patrick J. Hearden
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-23
Tragedy Of Vietnam written by Patrick J. Hearden and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-23 with History categories.
For courses on the Vietnam War, 20th century world history and American diplomatic history. Also appropriate as a supplemental text for U.S. history survey courses and history of Asia courses. Brief and accessible text that provides comprehensive coverage of the causes and consequences of the Vietnam War. The Tragedy of Vietnam provides extensive background on the Vietnam War, the relevant history of Southeast Asia and the consequences of the Vietnam conflict on the region. Author Patrick Hearden examines the key decisions and questions surroudning the tragic American entanglement in Vietnam, providing readers with a fascinating discussion of why the United States became involved in this war and why this involvement persisted for nearly a quarter of a century. This book covers the social, economic, ideological, diplomatic and military aspects of the Vietnam War.
American Tragedy
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Author : David E. Kaiser
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2000
American Tragedy written by David E. Kaiser and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A re-creation of the deliberations, actions, and deceptions that brought two decades of post-World War II confidence to an end, this book offers an insight into the Vietnam War at home and abroad - and into American foreign policy in the 1960s.
Planning A Tragedy The Americanization Of The War In Vietnam
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Author : Larry Berman
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 1983-08-17
Planning A Tragedy The Americanization Of The War In Vietnam written by Larry Berman and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-08-17 with History categories.
"Takes an historically important decision, places it in its immediate stream of policy development, perceptions and events and adds what was missing from the Pentagon Papers."—Richard E. Neustadt, Harvard University "A thoroughly researched and highly perceptive study of the decisions that turned the tribal struggle in Vietnam into an American war. Berman's book fully documents the role of domestic policy in our tragic involvement. As one who watched the process at firsthand. I commend Professor Berman's book for its fairness and insight."— George W. Ball
Vietnam An Epic History Of A Divisive War 1945 1975
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Author : Max Hastings
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Vietnam An Epic History Of A Divisive War 1945 1975 written by Max Hastings and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with History categories.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator ‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times ‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year
The Secret Battle
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Author : A. P. Herbert
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2009-02-15
The Secret Battle written by A. P. Herbert and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-15 with History categories.
In The Secret Battle A. P. Herbert tells the story of an idealistic, young officer called Harry Penrose. First in Gallipoli, then in the trenches of France, he is tested and brought to breaking point as he battles to retain the ideals of military glory, duty and courage amidst the daily grinding miseries of the trenches. It lays bare the real horrors of the First World War without melodrama, or sensationalism. The author tells his tale not with indignant protest, but with a sad resignation making this a haunting and deeply moving book. Despite the glowing accolades it would later receive, when it was first published in 1919, just a few months after the Armistice, a war-weary public were not ready for a book that so fundamentally challenged the assumptions and beliefs on which the war had been fought. Because of that it never quite gained the status it really deserved and deserves. Ninety years on it has lost none of its freshness, relevance and poignancy. It remains an incredibly touching story of what might happen to a gallant soldier borne down by the stresses of war and challenges traditional perceptions of what constitutes courage. It also raises important questions over the justice or otherwise of executions in the First World War: a question that is now more than ever, an open matter of debate and contention. This edition includes an Introduction by Winston Churchill and a new Foreword by Malcolm Brown who was a great admirer of Herbert.
Horrors And Atrocities Of The Great War Illustrations
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Author : Logan Marshall
language : en
Publisher: L. T. MYERS
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Horrors And Atrocities Of The Great War Illustrations written by Logan Marshall and has been published by L. T. MYERS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”—Jesus of Nazareth The sight of all Europe engaged in the most terrific conflict in the history of mankind is a heartrending spectacle. On the east, on the south and on the west the blood-lust leaders have flung their deluded millions upon unbending lines of steel, martyrs to the glorification of Mars. We see millions of men taken from their homes, their shops and their factories; we see them equipped and organized and mobilized for the express purpose of devastating the homes of other men; we see them making wreckage of property; we see them wasting, with fire and sword, the accumulated efforts of generations in the field of things material; we see the commerce of the world brought to a standstill, all its transportation systems interrupted, and, still worse, the amenities of life so placed in jeopardy for long generations to come that the progress of the world is halted, its material and physical progress turned to retrogression. “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me!” But this is not the worst. We see myriads of men banded together to practice open violation of the very fundamental tenets of humanity; we see the worst passions of mankind, murder, theft, lust, arson, pillage—all the baser possibilities of human nature—coming to the surface. Outside of the natural killing of war, hundreds of men have been murdered, often with incidents of the most revolting brutality; children have been slaughtered; women have been outraged, killed and shamefully mutilated. And this we see among peoples who have no possible cause for personal quarrel. “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me!” To all human beings of normal mentality it must have seemed that the destruction of the Lusitania marked the apex of horror. There is, indeed, nothing in modern history—nothing, at least, since the Black Hole of Calcutta and some of the indescribable atrocities of Kurdish fanatics—to supply the mind with a vantage ground from which to measure the causeless and profitless savagery of this black deed of murder. To talk of “warning” having been given on the day the Lusitania sailed is puerile. So does the Black Hand send its warnings. So does Jack the Ripper write his defiant letters to the police. Nothing of this prevents us from regarding such miscreants as wild beasts, against whom society has to defend itself at all hazards. There are many reasons but not a single excuse for the war. When a man, or a nation, wants what a rival holds and makes a violent effort to enter into possession thereof, right and conscience and duty before God and to one’s neighbor are forgotten in the struggle. Man reverts to the brute. Loose rein is given to passion, and the worst appears. The fair edifice of sobriety and amity and just dealing between man and man, upreared by civilization in centuries of travail, is rent asunder, stone from stone. The inner shrine of the inalienable sense of human brotherhood is profaned. One cannot reconcile with any program for the lasting accomplishment of good and the victory of the truth, this fever of murder on a grand scale, this insensate madness of pillage and slaughter that goes from alarum and counter-alarum to overt acts of fiendish and sickening brutality, palliated because they are done by anonymous thousands instead of by one man who can be named. “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me!” It is civilization that is being shot down by machine guns in Europe. That great German host is not made up of mercenaries, nor of the type of men that at one time composed armies. There are Ehrlichs serving as privates in the ranks and in the French corps are Rostands. A bullet does not kill a man; it destroys a generation of learning...
The Tragic Conflict
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Author : William Best Hesseltine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
The Tragic Conflict written by William Best Hesseltine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with History categories.