McNamara's folly : (Record no. 106388)
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| fixed length control field | 01768nam a22002297a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200914153508.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 200914b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781495805486 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | . |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 959.7043 GRE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gregory, Hamilton. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | McNamara's folly : |
| Remainder of title | the use of low-IQ troops in the Vietnam War ; plus the induction of unfit men, criminals, and misfits |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Gregory, Hamilton. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Infinity Publishing. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Other physical details | xiv, 250p. |
| Dimensions | 23cm ; Pbk. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Gratis USD$16.95/- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara were desperate to find additional troops for the Vietnam War, but they feared that they would alienate middle-class voters if they drafted college boys or sent Reservists and National Guardsmen to Vietnam. So, on October 1, 1966, McNamara lowered mental standards and inducted thousands of low-IQ men. Altogether, 354,000 of these men were taken into the Armed Forces and a large number of them were sent into combat. Many military men, including William Westmoreland, the commanding general in Vietnam, viewed McNamara’s program as a disaster. Because many of the substandard men were incompetent in combat, they endangered not only themselves but their comrades as well. Their death toll was appallingly high. In addition to low-IQ men, tens of thousands of other substandard troops were inducted, including criminals, misfits, and men with disabilities. This book tells the story of the men caught up in McNamara’s folly |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | American. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- History. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Draft -- United States. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hamilton Gregory. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | SIAS Collection | H.T. Parekh Library | H.T. Parekh Library | 14/09/2020 | 959.7043 GRE | K2520 | 14/09/2020 | 14/09/2020 | Books |