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With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics Dale Van Atta
With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics
Dale Van Atta
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.
648 pages, 40 b/w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 29, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780299226800 |
| Publishers | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Pages | 648 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 235 × 42 mm · 1.05 kg |
| Language | English |