America's longest war : the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 /
Respected for its thorough research, comprehensive coverage, and clear, readable style, America's Longest War explores the origins of the thirty-year war for Vietnam. It seeks to explain how the United States became involved and the consequences of its actions for the Vietnamese as well as Amer...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2014]
New York, NY : [2014] |
| Edition: | Fifth edition |
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Table of Contents:
- A dead-end alley: the United States, France, and the First Indochina War, 1950-1954
- Our offspring: nation building in South Vietnam, 1954-1961
- Limited partnership: Kennedy and Diem, 1961-1963
- Enough, but not too much: Johnson's decisions for war, 1963-1965
- On the tiger's back: the United States at war, 1965-1967
- A very near thing: the Tet Offensive and after, 1968
- A war for peace: Nixon, Kissinger, and Vietnam, 1969-1973
- The postwar war and the legacies of Vietnam