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With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics
Dale Van Atta
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Description for With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics
Hardcover. In 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War, Congressman Melvin Laird agreed to serve as Richard Nixon's secretary of defense. Lampooned as a "missile head," but decisive in crafting an exit strategy, he pursued his program of Vietnamization. This biography reveals his role in managing the crisis of national identity sparked by the Vietnam War. Num Pages: 648 pages, 40 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1030.
In 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War, centrist Congressman Melvin Laird (R-WI) agreed to serve as Richard Nixon's secretary of defense. It was not, Laird knew, a move likely to endear him to the American public - but as he later said, ""Nixon couldn't find anybody else who wanted the damn job."" For the next four years, Laird deftly navigated the morass of the war he had inherited. Lampooned as a ""missile head,"" but decisive in crafting an exit strategy, he doggedly pursued his program of Vietnamization, initiating the withdrawal of U.S. military personnel and gradually ceding combat ... Read more
In 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War, centrist Congressman Melvin Laird (R-WI) agreed to serve as Richard Nixon's secretary of defense. It was not, Laird knew, a move likely to endear him to the American public - but as he later said, ""Nixon couldn't find anybody else who wanted the damn job."" For the next four years, Laird deftly navigated the morass of the war he had inherited. Lampooned as a ""missile head,"" but decisive in crafting an exit strategy, he doggedly pursued his program of Vietnamization, initiating the withdrawal of U.S. military personnel and gradually ceding combat ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299226800
SKU
V9780299226800
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About Dale Van Atta
Dale Van Atta is the author of Trust Betrayed: Inside the AARP and, with Jack Anderson, Stormin' Norman: An American Hero. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Reviews for With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics
[Laird] exemplifies a blend of principle and pragmatism that is sorely needed in our country today. - President Gerald R. Ford ""Historians, journalists, and other observers have become so entangled in debates about Kennedy and Johnson in the 1960s, and Nixon and Kissinger in the 1970s, that they have neglected the formidable role of Melvin Laird. This clearly written biography ... Read more