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

Author	Herring, George C., 1936-
Title	America's longest war : the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 / George C. Herring
Imprint	New York : McGraw Hill, c1986
Edition	2nd ed.
Descript	xv, 316 p. : map ; 21 cm.

CONTENT

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 -- Very near thing: the tet offensive and after, 1968 -- War for peace: Nixon, Kissinger, and Vietnam, 1969-1973 -- "Postwar war" and the legacy of Vietnam

SUBJECT

Vietnam War
1961-1975 -- United States
Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975
United States -- History -- 1945-
United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States

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