Analysis of U.S. National Security Council and Vietnam War Policy

Andrew Preston's historical analysis examines the role of McGeorge Bundy and the National Security Council in escalating U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The work challenges assumptions about the inevitability of the conflict, arguing that bureaucratic influence and the creation of the National Security Adviser role were pivotal. The dataset, sourced from paperswithcode, contains the text of this analysis.

Use Cases

• Text analysis of historical arguments about bureaucratic power based on the description of the NSC's influence.
• Named entity recognition for key figures and institutions like McGeorge Bundy, the National Security Council, and Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
• Topic modeling to identify themes of power consolidation and policy escalation discussed in the historical narrative.
• Sentiment analysis on the portrayal of political actors as 'hawks' or 'doves' as referenced in the description.

Strengths

• The description provides a detailed historical thesis and context for analysis.
• Platform tags offer relevant domain classifications for discovery.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

paperswithcode

Geography

United States, Vietnam