Backfire: A History of How American Culture Led Us into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did - Couverture souple

Baritz, Loren

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801859530 ISBN 13 : 9780801859533

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

Synopsis

In a probing look at the myths of American culture that led us into the Vietnam quagmire, Loren Baritz exposes our national illusions: the conviction of our moral supremacy, our assumption that Americans are more idealistic than other people, and our faith in a technology that supposedly makes us invincible. He also reveals how Vietnam changed American culture today, from the successes and failures of the Washington bureaucracy to the destruction of the traditional military code of honor.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Loren Baritz has served as chairman of the Department of History at the University of Rochester, provost and acting chancellor at the State University of New York, and provost at the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of The Servants of Power, City on a Hill, and The Culture of the Twenties.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801859530
• ISBN 13: 9780801859533
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible