{"product_id":"year-of-the-hare-francis-x-winters-9780820321219","title":"Year of the Hare","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the United States government engineered the overthrow of the troublesome South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem in November 1963, it set in motion a tumultuous course of events deepening the Vietnam War. \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Hare\u003c\/i\u003e asks why President John F. Kennedy decided to depose his ally of nine years, despite almost daily warnings from some cabinet officials that the most likely consequence of a coup would be chaos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy did Kennedy and his colleagues choose this perilous course in the midst of an uncertain civil war? To answer this question, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Hare\u003c\/i\u003e takes us inside the Kennedy administration, where the State Department largely supported the coup while the Pentagon and the CIA consistently resisted it. Francis X. Winters's research is based on in-depth interviews with high-ranking members of the Kennedy administration, including Dean Rusk, McGeorge Bundy, and George Ball, along with the newly issued multivolume compilation \u003ci\u003eForeign Relations and the United States, 1961-1964\u003c\/i\u003e, Vietnam and the recently opened General Records of the U.S. State Department for 1963. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reasons for American support of the coup in Vietnam, Winters asserts, lie both in the ethos of the era, with its dynamic confidence in the superiority of American ideals, and in Kennedy's political aspirations. \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Hare\u003c\/i\u003e explores the synergy between the idealism and personal ambition that were at the root of the war that haunts us still.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis X. Winters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820321214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820321219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.16w x 0.62d","brand":"Francis X. Winters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926502834431,"sku":"9780820321219","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e841fb01-4a84-4d4b-ab79-fcd2c8c1d7f5.jpg?v=1681083436","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/year-of-the-hare-francis-x-winters-9780820321219","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}