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America's longest war : the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 / George C. Herring.
LIBRA DS558 .H45 1986
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herring, George C., 1936-2022.
- Series:
- America in crisis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam--History--1945-1975.
- Vietnam.
- History.
- United States--History--1945-.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.
- International relations.
- Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--History--1945-.
- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 316 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1986]
- 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 legacy of Vietnam.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-302) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Herring, George C., 1936- America's longest war.
- ISBN:
- 0394345002
- 9780394345000
- OCLC:
- 12345209
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