![]() | The War Council: McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict 1961–1975 -- United States; Bundy McGeorge; United States -- Politics and government -- 1961–1963; United States -- Politics and government -- 1963–1969; National Security Council (U.S.); Was the Vietnam War unavoidable? Historians have long assumed that ideological views and the momentum of events made American intervention inevitable. By examining the role of McGeorge Bundy and the National Security Council, Andrew Preston demonstrates that policymakers escalated the conflict in Vietnam in the face of internal opposition, external pressures, and a continually failing strategy. |
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