Choosing war : the lost chance for peace and the escalation of war in Vietnam / Fredrik Logevall.
Choosing war : the lost chance for peace and the escalation of war in Vietnam / Fredrik Logevall.
Choosing war : the lost chance for peace and the escalation of war in Vietnam / Fredrik Logevall.
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Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, c1999.
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N959.7043373/80
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English
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xxviii, 529 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Kickoff: 29 August 1963 -- 2. Breaks and Continuities: September to November 1963 -- 3. "I Will Not Lose in Vietnam": November 1963 to January 1964 -- 4. "A Deeply Dangerous Game": February to April 1964 -- 5. Rumblings of Discontent: April to June 1964 -- 6. Campaigns at Home and Abroad: Jun...
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Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, c1999.
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England
Date Published
c1999.
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"In Choosing War Fredrik Logevall presents the first truly comprehensive examination of the making of a major war in Vietnam in 1963-65. Placing U.S. decision making in its wider international and domestic political contexts, he shows that the Vietnam War was unnecessary, not merely in hindsight but from the perspective of key players at the time,...
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Choosing war : the lost chance for peace and the escalation of war in Vietnam / Fredrik Logevall.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1999.
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N959.7043373/80
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0520215117
9780520215115 (alk. paper)
0520215117 (alk. paper)
9780520215115
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959.7043373
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991011809619702626
