Back to Blog
Vietnam by Stanley Karnow5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() His history of Ho Chi Minh's is concise and accurate. ![]() On the other hand, Karnow is weakest in his discussion of the North Vietnamese Communist leadership. Again, he is fair, albeit deservedly critical, particularly of Johnson, whose dithering, indecisiveness, and utter incapability of understanding a foreign culture locked the US into taking one misstep after another. Karnow dissects the American failures, especially by the upper echelon, Johnson, Rostow, Acheson, Westmoreland, and later Nixon and Kissinger. Karnow provides a survey of Vietnamese history and the arrival of the French, which serves as a serviceable context for the introduction of American soldiers and politicians into the area in the 1950s and 1960s.įor the most part, this is a balanced and fair book. and Stanley Karnow is the most comprehensive. Neil Sheehan is the most detailed from the perspective of the officers and men fighting the war. David Halberstam is the most ideological engaged. Three major chroniclers of the Vietnam War served as journalists in Vietnam during the period of the war. ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |