AuthorHerring, George C., 1936-
TitleAmerica'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

  1. Vietnam War
  2. 1961-1975 -- United States
  3. Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975
  4. United States -- History -- 1945-
  5. United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
  6. Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States

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