America's Longest War

America's Longest War

by George C. Herring
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
2nd Edition, ©1985, ISBN: 9780075547952
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
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Contents:

  • A Dead-end alley: The US, France & 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, 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 legacy of Vietnam
  • Suggestions for additional reading

Includes Index and two maps: French Indochina, and North & South Vietnam.

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