By 1968, the United States had committed over 525,000 men to Vietnam and bombed virtually all military targets recommended by the joint Chiefs of Staff. Yet, the United States was no closer to securing its objectives than it had been prior to the Americanization of the war. The long-promised light at the end of the tunnel was a mirage. This absorbing account reveals the bankruptcy of the bombing campaign against North Vietnam, the failures of political reform in South Vietnam and the bitter bureaucratic conflicts beteeen the US government and its military commanders.
- ISBN10 0393242536
- ISBN13 9780393242539
- Publish Date 17 April 1991 (first published 17 April 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint W. W. Norton & Company
- Format eBook
- Pages 272
- Language English