Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.
Contents
Munich and Vietnam : lessons drawn -- Truman in Korea -- Eisenhower in Indochina -- Kennedy and Johnson in Vietnam and the Caribbean -- Nixon and Kissinger in Vietnam -- Reagan in Lebanon, Grenada, Central America, and Afghanistan -- Bush in Panama, the Persian Gulf, and Somalia -- Clinton in Haiti and the Balkans -- Legacies of Munich and Vietnam for the post-Cold War world -- Using force, thinking history.
