American tragedy : Kennedy, Johnson, and the origins of the Vietnam War / David Kaiser.
American tragedy : Kennedy, Johnson, and the origins of the Vietnam War / David Kaiser.
American tragedy : Kennedy, Johnson, and the origins of the Vietnam War / David Kaiser.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N959.70433/2
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English
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Physical content
566 p., [32] p. of plates : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
The Eisenhower administration and Indochina: 1954-1960 -- No war in Laos: January-June 1961 -- A new effort in Vietnam: January-August 1961 -- War or peace? September-November 1961 -- Limiting the commitment: November 1961-November 1962 -- The war in Vietnam: 1962 -- A gathering storm: January-July...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2000.
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"American Tragedy is the first book to draw on complete official documentation to tell the full story of how we became involved in Vietnam - and the story it tells challenges widely held assumptions about the roles of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. Using an enormous range of source materials from these administrations, Kaiser shows how the polic...
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American tragedy : Kennedy, Johnson, and the origins of the Vietnam War / David Kaiser.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N959.70433/2
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0674002253 :
9780674002258 (alk. paper)
0674002253 (alk. paper)
9780674002258 :
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959.7043373
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991012477609702626
