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In many ways, a scathing report of how the Kennedy and then Johnson White House failed to properly manage and wage (emphasis on "wage") the Vietnam War. Given from the perspective of then-National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy, it is a riviting tour of why things went so bad - from the very beginning. The Obama White House was reportedly handing this book around to themselves and each other as to why Afghanistan was becoming a Vietnam-like war - and what had to be done to make sure it didn't turn out that way

Frank,

Thank for bringing attention to Mr. Goldstein's book. I've read it too, and found Mr. Bundy's insights compelling.

To attempt comprehension of the tragedy of our involvement in Vietnam, Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam should be read in conjunction with Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances Fitzgerald, and The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam. The lessons learned arguably remain relevant today as we assess our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.