
In Retrospect
The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara(Author)
Random House USA Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 19. March 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-679-76749-7 (ISBN)
Description
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The definitive insider's account of American policy making in Vietnam.
"Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."-Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's controversial memoir answers the lingering questions that surround this disastrous episode in American history.
With unprecedented candor and drawing on a wealth of newly declassified documents, McNamara reveals the fatal misassumptions behind our involvement in Vietnam. Keenly observed and dramatically written, In Retrospect possesses the urgency and poignancy that mark the very best histories-and the unsparing candor that is the trademark of the greatest personal memoirs.
Includes a preface written by McNamara for the paperback edition.
"Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."-Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's controversial memoir answers the lingering questions that surround this disastrous episode in American history.
With unprecedented candor and drawing on a wealth of newly declassified documents, McNamara reveals the fatal misassumptions behind our involvement in Vietnam. Keenly observed and dramatically written, In Retrospect possesses the urgency and poignancy that mark the very best histories-and the unsparing candor that is the trademark of the greatest personal memoirs.
Includes a preface written by McNamara for the paperback edition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
32 PAGES OF B&W PHOTOS
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-679-76749-7 (9780679767497)
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E-Book
09/2017
Vintage
€16.99
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Person
Robert S. McNamara with Brian VanDeMark