Backfire : a history of how American culture led us into Vietnam and made us fight the way we did /
Baritz, Loren, 1928-,
Backfire : a history of how American culture led us into Vietnam and made us fight the way we did / Loren Baritz. - 393 pages ; 24 cm.
Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, 1985.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-379) and index.
Preface, 1998PrefacePart I: Tinder: The Myths we Take to WarChapter 1. God's Country and American Know-HowPart II: Fire: Decisions That Made the WarChapter 2. The Chain to VietnamChapter 3. The Invention of South VietnamChapter 4. War by the NumbersChapter 5. The Politics of EgoPart III: Backfire: Bureaucracy at WarChapter 6. Enabling IgnoranceChapter 7. The WarriorsChapter 8. The American LullabyNotes Index
He reveals how Vietnam changed American culture today, from the successes and failures of the Washington bureaucracy to the destruction of the traditional military code of honor.
0801859530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
97051947
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
United States--Civilization--1945-
DS558 / .B37 1998
959.7043373 / B.L.B
Backfire : a history of how American culture led us into Vietnam and made us fight the way we did / Loren Baritz. - 393 pages ; 24 cm.
Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, 1985.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-379) and index.
Preface, 1998PrefacePart I: Tinder: The Myths we Take to WarChapter 1. God's Country and American Know-HowPart II: Fire: Decisions That Made the WarChapter 2. The Chain to VietnamChapter 3. The Invention of South VietnamChapter 4. War by the NumbersChapter 5. The Politics of EgoPart III: Backfire: Bureaucracy at WarChapter 6. Enabling IgnoranceChapter 7. The WarriorsChapter 8. The American LullabyNotes Index
He reveals how Vietnam changed American culture today, from the successes and failures of the Washington bureaucracy to the destruction of the traditional military code of honor.
0801859530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
97051947
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
United States--Civilization--1945-
DS558 / .B37 1998
959.7043373 / B.L.B