The Secret Alert of 1969, Madman Diplomacy, and the Vietnam War
by
Jeffrey P. Kimball, William Burr
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2015
In their initial effort to end the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger attempted to lever concessions from Hanoi at the negotiating table with military force and coercive diplomacy. They were not seeking military victory, which they did not believe was feasible. Instead, they backed up...