Product Description: A fundamentally flawed and ahistorical vision of future conflict that de-emphasises the human, psychological, political and cultural dimensions of war persists in strategic thought in spite of recent experience. This paper will challenge the widely held belief that ‘revolutionary’ surveillance, information-gathering and precision-strike technologies will permit modern military forces to win future wars rapidly and efficiently...read more

A thoroughly documented and provocative analysis of the how and why of the United State's involvement in the internal Southeast Asia conflict pinpoints and re-creates key policies and decisions and offers intimate portraits of the people who made them. Reprint.

An insightful analysis of how and why the U.S. became involved in the war in Southeast Asia outlines the policies and decisions that embroiled America in the conflict and examines the roles of Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, and others in deceiving the American public. 100,000 first printing. Tour. (view table of contents)

An insightful analysis of how and why the U.S. became involved in the war in Southeast Asia outlines the policies and decisions that embroiled America in the conflict and examines the roles of Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, and others in deceiving the American public. Read by H. R. McMaster. Simultaneous.