Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War 1954-1965

Category: History: Military: Vietnam

Publishing Information: 2006 by Cambridge

ISBN: 0521869110

Binding: Cloth

Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph ì Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the ì Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions ì and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of ì the United States. The book provides many new insights into the ì overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup ì negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and ì hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 ì and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson ì had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could ì have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive ì US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of ì faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an ì infusion the only means of saving the country.

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