The Vietnam war began for the United States in 1954; by 1966, the Central Intelligence Agency undertook a major analysis and concluded: We cannot win in Vietnam. Their analysis was kept secret for 40 years and not released – with redactions – until 2006. A second version – with additional redactions – was released in 2016. Their analysis was a tragic and accurate prophecy, unheeded. Now published for the first time.
Cuprins
Introduction and Timeline of the Vietnam War by Thomas Fensch
Central Intelligence Agency Analysis, 1966: The Vietnamese Communists’ Will To Persist
Unpopular Pessimism: Why the CIA Analysts Were So Doubtful about Vietnam by Harold P. Ford
Annotated Bibliography
Notes
About Thomas Fensch
Despre autor
Thomas Fensch has been publishing books since 1970.
He has published five about John Steinbeck, two about James Thurber, two about Theodor ‘Dr. Seuss’ Geisel, the only full biography of John Howard Griffin, who wrote the classic ‘Black Like Me’ and variety of other nonfiction titles. Fensch has a doctorate from Syracuse University and lives outside Richmond Va, .