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

Show other versions (4)
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herring, George C., 1936-2022
Language:English
Published: Boston : McGraw-Hill Education, [2014]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
Vietnam > History > 1945-1975.
United States > History > 1945-
United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam.
Vietnam > Foreign relations > United States.
Since 1945
Diplomatic relations.
United States.
Vietnam.
History.
Verenigde Staten.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvi, 380, pages-1, SR-5, I-14 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Format: Book
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 legacies of Vietnam.