For decades, countless books have examined the tragic decisions that drew America into the Vietnam War—decisions made by the brilliant young stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite millions of words of analysis, no historian has fully explained how such decent, talented, and previously successful leaders could have stumbled so badly.

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That changes with Road to Disaster. Drawing on decades of archival research, his own interviews with key participants, and a wealth of previously unheard recordings, historian [Author] delivers the definitive account. More importantly, this is the first history of the war to examine those fateful choices through the lens of modern cognitive science, psychology, and organizational theory. It reveals why the legendary “Best and the Brightest” became trapped in a decision-making environment that stifled creative thinking and honest dissent, why they struggled so deeply with change, and why they remained blind to their own escalating errors.

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An epic and unflinching chronicle of America’s march into quagmire, Road to Disaster is a landmark work of scholarship and a book of profound importance.

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“The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and painful decisions that shaped this history. The book will stand for the foreseeable future as the best study of the tragic mistakes that led to so much suffering.”

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A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam

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