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America's longest war : the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 / George C. Herring.

By: Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw-Hill, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xvii, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0072417552 (alk. paper)
  • 0072536187
Other title:
  • United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 [Portion of title]
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS558 .H45 2002
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.
Summary: Comprehensive yet concise, America's Longest War provides a complete and balanced history of the Vietnam War. It is not mainly a military history, but seeks to integrate military, diplomatic, and political factors in order to clarify America's involvement and ultimate failure in Vietnam. While it focuses on the American side of the equation, it provides sufficient consideration of the Vietnamese side to make the events comprehensible.
Holdings
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Circulating textbook (3-week) Circulating textbook (3-week) NMC Library Circulating Textbooks HST 228 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001523017

Accompanied by: 1 col. map (folded) ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Comprehensive yet concise, America's Longest War provides a complete and balanced history of the Vietnam War. It is not mainly a military history, but seeks to integrate military, diplomatic, and political factors in order to clarify America's involvement and ultimate failure in Vietnam. While it focuses on the American side of the equation, it provides sufficient consideration of the Vietnamese side to make the events comprehensible.

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