TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herring,George C.
TI  - America's longest war: the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 
SN  - 0072417552 (alk. paper)
AV  - DS558 .H45 2002
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Boston, Massachusetts
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - History
KW  - 1945-
KW  - 1945-1975
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -