BIBFRAME Work

Title

Haunting legacy

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Kalb, Deborah (contributor)
• Kalb, Marvin L. (author)

Subject

• Presidents--United States--Decision making--History--21st century (LCSH)
• United States--Foreign relations--1989- (LCSH)
• United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989 (LCSH)
• United States--Politics and government--1945-1989 (LCSH)
• Presidents--United States--Decision making--History--20th century (LCSH)
• United States--Politics and government--1989- (LCSH)
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence (LCSH)
• United States--Military policy (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: JK511 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 973.92 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"Examines how presidential decisionmaking has been influenced by America's defeat in the Vietnam war, studying presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama and how they have approached key decisions regarding conflicts while in office"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Ford : finally, the war ends -- Ford and the mini-challenge of the Mayaguez -- Carter, Brzezinski, and Russia's Vietnam -- Reagan, Grenada, Lebanon, and the marines -- Bush I : burying Vietnam -- Clinton : the first baby-boomer president -- Bush II : boots on the ground -- 2004 : the Swift boat Campaign -- Obama : "Afghanistan is not Vietnam" -- "Good enough".

Authorized Access Point

Kalb, Marvin L. Haunting legacy

Geographic Coverage

• United States

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:18:24.844338+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23975939

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc