Harry Truman's administration began searching for an American
response to the clash in Indochina between Frech colonialism and
Vietminh communism in 1945. Thirty years and five administrations
later, Gerald Ford and his aides tried unsuccessfully to solicit
additional aid for South Vietnam from a reluctant Congress. For
Truman, Ford, and every American leader in between, the dilemma in
Vietnam hung ominously over the presidency.
In "Shadow on the White House," seven prominent historians
examine how the leadership of six presidents and an issue that grew
into a difficult and often unpopular war shaped each other.
Focusing on the personalities, politics, priorities, and actions of
the presidents as they confronted Vietnam, the authors consider the
expansion of presidential power in foreign-policy formulation since
World War II. In their analyses, they chronicle the history of
executive leadership as it related to Vietnam, assess presidential
prerogatives and motives on war and peace issues, and clarify the
interconnection between the modern presidency and the nation's
frustrating, tragic, and humiliating failure in Southeast Asia.
Although other histories have been written about the Vietnam
experience, this book is the first systematic and comparative
survey on presidential leadership as it relates to the war issue.
It is organized by presidential administrations, giving a detailed
examination of each president's decisions and policies. Based on
the most recently opened archival sources, the essays provide a
framework on which to hang the kaleidoscopic events of the war.
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