the previous one? Opinions vary, al- though most scholars' answer is No.
Were supporters of the gradualist Johnson policy in Vietnam correct when they blamed the news media for undermining vital public sup- port, or was the policy itself fatally flawed? For their part, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger believe that they negotiated a satisfactory end to the war in 1973, but that Congress, cutting aid to Saigon in 1973-74, made Hanoi's victory inevitable. Fromkin and Chace contend that merely holding...