Townsend Hoopes - Bibliography

Bibliography

Hoopes was a prolific writer of books and articles. His 1969 book The Limits of Intervention (ISBN 0-393-30427-2) is the most widely known. As well as serving as his memoir, the book offered the insider's view of the post-Tet Offensive decision making within the Pentagon, especially that of Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford. The book described how the Tet Offensive destroyed the support for continuing campaigns of aerial bombardment and ground search & destroy missions, creating instead the view that further escalation was futile. In a Washington Post article a year later, he acknowledged "that the Tet Offensive was not the shattering military defeat for the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces it appeared to both Washington and the American people."

His other writings include:

• The Devil and John Foster Dulles (1973), received Bancroft Prize, ISBN 0-316-37235-8
• Eye Power (1979), written with his wife, ISBN 0-394-50023-7
• Townsend Hoopes on Arms Control (1987), a collection of his essays and speeches, ISBN 0-8191-6622-7
• Townsend Hoopes, Douglas Brinkley (1992). Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal. ISBN 1-55750-334-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=1Wrk2s4lsv4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Townsend+inauthor:Hoopes&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
• Townsend Hoopes, Douglas Brinkley (2000). FDR and the Creation of the U.N.. ISBN 978-0-300-08553-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=OztJcfbnpDsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Townsend+inauthor:Hoopes&cd=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
• A Textured Web (2002), fiction, ISBN 1-4010-5401-3