The Mayaguez Crisis, Mission Command, and Civil-military Relations
- ISBN-10
- 0160945038
- ISBN-13
- 9780160945038
- Category
- Cambodia
- Pages
- 284
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Office of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Author
- Christopher Jon Lamb
Description
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Key figures in the Mayaguez Crisis -- Introduction -- Day one: Monday, May 12 -- Day two: Tuesday, May 13 -- Day three: Wednesday, May 14 -- Day four: Thursday, May 15 -- Critical crisis decisions -- Explaining decisions, behaviors and outcomes -- Refining the explanation: rationality, bureaucracy and beliefs -- Findings, issues, prescriptions -- Conclusion.
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