Vietnam War Books & Reviews

Homo Neoconus

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jul 02, 2008
Everyone knows about Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan. But what about their intellectual godfather? A look at the original democracy-promoting liberal defense hawk, JFK and LBJ advisor Walt Rostow.

Field Marshal McNamara

Andrew J. Bacevich | May 01, 2007
Managing the Pentagon and managing wars are two different things, a lesson Robert McNamara learned the hard way.

Scathing on Thin Ice

George Jonas | Sep 01, 2001
Christopher Hitchens' diatribe against Henry Kissinger should disappoint even the most credulous of the statesman's opponents. Effective polemic this is not.

Attraction and Chastisement

Max Boot | Jun 01, 2000
The counterinsurgency that worked--a century ago.

Indochina Without Americans

Peter W. Rodman | Sep 01, 1999
Finally, a much-needed study of the other Vietnam War.

Enough Blame to Go Round

Eliot A. Cohen | Mar 01, 1998
H.R. McMaster has written a scathing indictment of America's civilian and military leadership during the early phases of the Vietnam war, and he speaks--to a military audience, at any rate--with unique moral authority.

Weighing Anchors

Barrie Dunsmore | Dec 01, 1997
Walter Cronkite, A Reporter's Life (New York: Alfred A.

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May 26, 2012