Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
by H. R. McMaster (Author)
I think this is the best book ever written on Vietnam. I have read many of them.
Man, is there *anything* that Amazon could do that would be discreditable enough to stop conservatives from using it?
An absolutely fantastic book. McMaster will tell it like it is.
Read that book. It’s a great read. He posits in there how McNamara and Johnson, along with Gen Max Taylor and McGeorge Bundy played the JCS against one another to get what they wanted in Vietnam. The book showed me someone who is not afraid to criticize what he sees as wrong and improper. He wrote that in the 1990s at a time when I’m sure Taylor still had lots of friends in the defense industry along with McNamara who was still alive at the time.
One other thing, I thought that Wallace Green and Curtis Lemay came off pretty good in there. They were stymied in getting their voices heard, but they were of the opinion that if we went into Vietnam, go in to win, if not don’t get involved, no half measures. I think time has proven them correct.
Thanks for the link.
Wow, it is the #1 book in history and the #2 book on Vietnam on Amazon.
McMaster’s ‘Dereliction of Duty’ should be required reading for anyone involved in our war planning and foreign policy.
Politicians. Professional military. Involved citizens.
Ha...I read and still own that book. I didn’t realize he was the author.