How Presidents Test Reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vu PAR T I: Framework of the Inquiry CHAPTER ONE Analyzing Presidential Decision Making 2 PAR T I I: Failure to Intervene in 1954 CHAPTER TWO The Question of Unilateral Intervention: Narrative 28 CHAPTER THREE The Question of Unilateral Intervention: Analysis 53 CHAPTER FOUR The Card of Multilateral Intervention: Narrative 67 CHAPTER FIVE The Card of Multilateral Intervention: Analysis 98 PAR T I I I: Intervention in 1965 CHAPTER SIX Crossing the Threshold: Narrative 118 CHAPTER SEVEN Crossing the Threshold: Analysis 134 v VI HOW PRESIDENTS TEST REALITY CHAPTER EIGHT Incremental Escalation: Narrative 150 CHAPTER NINE Incremental Escalation: Analysis 174 CHAPTER TEN Open-ended Commitment: Narrative 195 CHAPTER ELEVEN Open-ended Commitment: Analysis 231 PAR T IV: A Summing Up CHAPTER TWELVE Eisenhower and Johnson Decision Making Compared 256 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Notes on Presidential Reality Testing 274 Sources Consulted 301 Index 313 ...