Herring, George C.,  1936- <br/><br/>
America's longest war :  the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 / 
George C. Herring, University of Kentucky. 
 - Fifth edition. 
 - xvi, 380, P-1, SR-5, I-14 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073513256 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013387575 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Vietnam--History--1945-1975.<br/>United States--History--1945-<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.<br/>Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS558  / .H45 2014