The War Managers
The War Managers by Douglas Kinnard, published by Da Capo Press on August 21, 1991, is a detailed examination of the Vietnam War through the insights of the Army generals who managed it. This edition spans 240 pages and is presented in English. Kinnard’s work is based on an extensive questionnaire sent to 173 Army generals, with a notable sixty-seven percent responding, many of whom provided additional comments. He also conducted personal interviews with twenty of these generals and utilized research from the Army’s military history center to enrich his analysis.
Readers will find a comprehensive exploration of key issues surrounding the Vietnam War, including the quality of American and Vietnamese troops, the dynamics of military command, and the impact of media and civilian authority on military objectives. Kinnard’s analysis offers a penetrating view of the conflict, revealing the perspectives of those who were directly involved in its management. This book provides a unique historical context, making it a significant contribution to the understanding of military leadership and decision-making during a pivotal time in U.S. history.
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In 1947 Douglas Kinnard sent out an extensive questionnaire to the 173 Army generals who had managed the war in Vietnam. A surprising sixty-seven percent of them completed the questionnaires, with many adding pages of comments. Kinnard then personally interviewed twenty of the respondents and supplemented the data with research from the files of the Army’s military history center. The War Managers is the astonishing result of Kinnard’s analysis of the responses of these men. Kinnard had focused on such central issues as the quality of both American and Vietnamese troops, the generals’ own chains of command, the influence of the media, civilian authority, U.S. objectives, the importance of the “body count,” and many others. What emerges from the generals answers, compiled in an absorbing manner in this book, is a uniquely fascinating and penetrating view of the Vietnam War from the perspectives of the U.S. Army generals who commanded there.
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