Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era

From: Naval War College Review | Date: July 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Buzzanco, Robert. Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996. 386pp. $29.95

Masters of War is a version ofthe author's 1993 doctoral dissertation at Ohio State. He is presently an assistant professor of history at the University of Houston. The subject, as its subtitle implies, is the interplay and conflict between U.S. military and civilian leadership during the Vietnam War. While the author does not confine himself strictly to the area of civil-military relations, that is his principal focus.

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