The war in Vietnam was one of the most divisive issues of the 1960''s, already one of the most factious decades in American history. In his groundbreaking book Dereliction of Duty, H.R. McMaster reveals just how and why the United States became involved in this disastrous war. McMaster, a brigadier general in the U.S. Army, brings an insider''s understanding to the policies and decisions behind Vietnam. With a cast of characters that includes President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor, McGeorge Bundy and other top aides, Dereliction of Duty is a searing indictment of those who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. Congress and the American public, with tragic consequences. Brigadier General H.R. McMaster is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and holds a Ph.D. in military history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution on War Revolution and Peace and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. McMaster is currently Chief of Concept Development and Experimentation at the U.S. Army''s Training and Doctrine Command.

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H. R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. McMaster served as a U.S. Army officer for thirty-four years and retired as a lieutenant general in 2018. He remained on active duty while serving as the twenty-sixth assistant to the president for national security affairs. He is the author of three bestsellers, Dereliction of Duty, Battlegrounds, and At War with Ourselves.

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"The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C." - H. R. McMaster (from the Conclusion)

Dereliction Of Duty is a stunning new analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly researched, based on recently released transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations and decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what happened and why. It also pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind them, disproving the published theories of other historians and excuses of the participants.

Dereliction Of Duty covers the story in strong narrative fashion, focusing on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor, McGeorge Bundy and other top aides who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. Congress and the American public.

Sure to generate controversy, Dereliction Of Duty is an explosive and authoritative new look at the controversy concerning the United States involvement in Vietnam.

Zusammenfassung
This text is an analysis of how and why the United States became involved in a disastrous all-out war in Southeast Asia. Fully researched and based on recently-released transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations and decisions, it fully recreates what happened.