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ID158012
Title ProperMad Dog?’ Samuel Huntington and the Vietnam War
LanguageENG
AuthorGawthorpe, Andrew J
Summary / Abstract (Note)Harvard professor Samuel P. Huntington has frequently been considered a Vietnam War hawk. His observation that ‘forced-draft urbanization’ might help the United States win the war has come to define his engagement in contemporary strategic debates. This essay argues that both Huntington’s academic work and his private policy advice to the U.S. Government in fact urged a political settlement to the conflict. It argues that in spite of this, Huntington refused to break publicly with the U.S. policy because of his wider concern over what he saw as a crisis of authority in the U.S. foreign policy and governing institutions in the era.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Strategic Studies Vol. 41, No.1-2; Feb 2018: p.301-325
Journal SourceJournal of Strategic Studies Vol: 41 No 1-2
Key WordsNation-Building ;  Neoconservatism ;  Samuel Huntington ;  Henry Kissinger ;  Strategy ;  Counter-Insurgency ;  Vietnam Wa


 
 
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