03071nam 2200565 450 991079754700332120230422033612.00-253-00321-0(CKB)3710000000468286(EBL)613582(SSID)ssj0000606855(PQKBManifestationID)12291022(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606855(PQKBWorkID)10581798(PQKB)11009381(MiAaPQ)EBC613582(OCoLC)967568546(MdBmJHUP)muse49186(Au-PeEL)EBL613582(CaPaEBR)ebr11093806(CaONFJC)MIL825809(OCoLC)607470038(EXLCZ)99371000000046828620150903h20002000 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrAmerica's war in Vietnam a short narrative history /Larry H. AddingtonBloomington, Indiana ;Indianapolis, [Indiana] :Indiana University Press,2000.©20001 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-33691-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SOME ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT; 1 The Geography of Vietnam and Its History to World War Two; 2 The Career of Ho Chi Minh to 1939; 3 World War Two and America's Collaboration with Ho; 4 America and the Indochina War, 1946-1954; 5 Eisenhower and the Road to America's War in Vietnam, 1954-1960; 6 Kennedy's War: Counter-Insurgency and the Fall of Diem, 1961-1963; 7 Johnson's War, I: To the Brink, 1964; 8 Johnson's War, II: The Year of the Plunge, 1965; 9 Johnson's War, III: Moving toward Defeat, 1966-196710 Johnson's War, IV: The Turning Year, 196811 Nixon's War, I: The Strategy of Withdrawal, 1969-1970; 12 Nixon's War, II: The Final Round, 1971-1972; 13 The Paris Peace Accords and the Fall of Indochina, 1973-1975; 14 Aftermath and Summing Up; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;""This book has been long needed: a concise, complete and dispassionate survey of the Vietnam War.... Best of all, the no-nonsense approach answers questions as soon as they arise in the reader's mind."" -Kliatt""If there is such a thing as an objective account [of the Vietnam War], this is it.... If you want to read one book about Vietnam, read this one."" -New York Review of Books A short, narrative history of the origins, course, and outcome of America's military involvement in Vietnam by an experienced guide to the causes and conduct of war, Larry H. Addington. He begins with a history ofVietnam War, 1961-1975United StatesVietnam War, 1961-1975959.7043373Addington Larry H.153882MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797547003321America's war in Vietnam3835824UNINA