JFK recognised the need for America to engage the world, not dominate it

Pulitzer winner Fredrik Logevall highlights history's lesson of humility, drawing parallels between early 1960s Vietnam and ...
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Death of a generation : how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War / Howard Jones

Introduction : toward a tragedy -- Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam : averting a quagmire -- Democracy at bay : Diem as mandarin -- Counteraction to counterinsurgency : the military solution -- ...
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Railey: New book pins Vietnam's shadow on JFK

Many people of my generation love to wonder what President Kennedy’s real intentions were on Vietnam: Would he have gotten us out or deepened our involvement, as his successor did? I confess to having ...
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American tragedy : Kennedy, Johnson, and the origins of the Vietnam War / David Kaiser

The Eisenhower administration and Indochina: 1954-1960 -- No war in Laos: January-June 1961 -- New effort in Vietnam: January-August 1961 -- War or peace? September-November 1961 -- Limiting the ...