None So Blind: A Personal Failure Account of the Intelligence

None So Blind: A Personal Failure Account of the Intelligence in Vietnam
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From the first large-scale Viet Minh offensive against the French in 1950, to the fall of Saigon in 1975, the United States tried desperately to understand the nature of the fierce Communist-led struggle to create a unified, independent Vietnam. American intelligence played a key role in gathering information on the political and military situation in Vietnam and on the strengths and weaknesses of both sides. But as George Allen shows in this eye-popping memoir, intelligence appraisals were consistently ignored or rejected by policymakers in every administration from Eisenhower through Nixonâ€•because these assessments undermined the mistaken assumptions of the White House, the State Department, and the Pentagon. From his vantage point as a chief official with the CIA and army intelligence, Mr. Allen reveals specifically how American leaders, unwilling to face up to â€œbad newsâ€ from intelligence sources, largely excluded intelligence from important policy deliberations until it was too late. None So Blind is a remarkable contribution to the history of the Vietnam War.
Country USA
Brand Bloomsbury Academic
Manufacturer Ivan R. Dee
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber maps
Color Green
ReleaseDate 2001-08-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781566633871

None So Blind: A Personal Failure Account of the Intelligence in Vietnam