Bureaucracy At War: U.S. Performance In The Vietnam Conflict

Bureaucracy At War: U.S. Performance In The Vietnam Conflict

by Robert W. Komer
Bureaucracy At War: U.S. Performance In The Vietnam Conflict

Bureaucracy At War: U.S. Performance In The Vietnam Conflict

by Robert W. Komer

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Overview

Bureaucracy At War U.S. Performance In The Vietnam Conflict is an encyclopaedic analysis of many issues raised in the course of the Vietnam War. Komer questions the presence of the U.S in South-east Asia as well as tackling technical, strategic, tactical, military and non-military issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780429717970
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/28/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
File size: 514 KB

About the Author

Robert W. Komer's distinguished career in foreign policy and national security included the post of Deputy to the Commander, U.S. Military Forces, Vietnam. As chief pacification advisor, he was responsible for civil operations

Table of Contents

1 Vietnam Was Different, and We Knew It 2 Why Did We Do So Poorly? 3 The Flawed Nature of Our Chosen Instrument 4 Institutional Constraints on U.S. Performance 5 Institutional Obstacles to the Learning Process. 6 Lack of Unified Management 7 Attempts at Adaptive Response 8 Was There a Viable Alternative Strategy? 9 What Lessons Can Be Learned?.

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