{"product_id":"lessons-in-disaster-paperback","title":"Lessons in Disaster - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war's architects\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are not words that Americans ever expected to hear from McGeorge Bundy, the national security adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. But in the last years of his life, Bundy--the only principal architect of Vietnam strategy to have maintained his public silence--decided to revisit the decisions that had led to war and to look anew at the role he played. He enlisted the collaboration of the political scientist Gordon M. Goldstein, and together they explored what happened and what might have been. With Bundy's death in 1996, that manuscript could not be completed, but Goldstein has built on their collaboration in an original and provocative work of presidential history that distills the essential lessons of America's involvement in Vietnam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Goldstein's prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he conducted with Bundy, \u003ci\u003eLessons in Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e is a historical tour de force on the uses and misuses of American power. And in our own era, in the wake of presidential decisions that propelled the United States into another war under dubious pretexts, these lessons offer instructive guidance that we must heed if we are not to repeat the mistakes of the past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon M. Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar of international affairs who has held executive positions in international security policy and finance. He received a Ph.D. in political science and international relations from Columbia University, and his articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737499832383,"sku":"9780805090871","price":28.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4c64026cbd8e3b2933baee4cb294d1ff.webp?v=1765150175","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/lessons-in-disaster-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}