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A short history of the Vietnam War / Gordon Kerr

By: Publisher: Harpenden, United Kingdom : Pocket Essentials, 2015Description: 160 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781843442134
  • 1843442132
Other title:
  • Vietnam War
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS557.7 .K47 2015
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Two Thousand Years of Warfare -- ch. 2 The First Indochina War -- ch. 3 Keeping the Dominoes Standing: President Eisenhower -- ch. 4 Unwavering Commitment: President Kennedy -- ch. 5 Other Belligerents -- ch. 6 Americanising the War: President Johnson -- ch. 7 ̿Peace with Honour': President Nixon -- ch. 8 The Fall of South Vietnam -- ch. 9 The Legacy of the Vietnam War
Summary: A Short History of the Vietnam War explains how the United States became involved in its longest war, a conflict that, from the outset, many claimed it could never win. It details the escalation of American involvement from the provision of military advisors and equipment to the threatened South Vietnamese, to an all-out shooting war involving American soldiers, airmen and sailors, of whom around 58,000 would die and more than 300,000 would be wounded
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks DS557.7 .K47 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001443794

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-153) and index

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Two Thousand Years of Warfare -- ch. 2 The First Indochina War -- ch. 3 Keeping the Dominoes Standing: President Eisenhower -- ch. 4 Unwavering Commitment: President Kennedy -- ch. 5 Other Belligerents -- ch. 6 Americanising the War: President Johnson -- ch. 7 ̿Peace with Honour': President Nixon -- ch. 8 The Fall of South Vietnam -- ch. 9 The Legacy of the Vietnam War

A Short History of the Vietnam War explains how the United States became involved in its longest war, a conflict that, from the outset, many claimed it could never win. It details the escalation of American involvement from the provision of military advisors and equipment to the threatened South Vietnamese, to an all-out shooting war involving American soldiers, airmen and sailors, of whom around 58,000 would die and more than 300,000 would be wounded

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