LEADER 03105nam 2200577 450 001 9910461574403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-00321-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000468286 035 $a(EBL)613582 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606855 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12291022 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606855 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581798 035 $a(PQKB)11009381 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC613582 035 $a(OCoLC)967568546 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49186 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL613582 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11093806 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL825809 035 $a(OCoLC)607470038 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000468286 100 $a20150903h20002000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerica's war in Vietnam $ea short narrative history /$fLarry H. Addington 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana ;$aIndianapolis, [Indiana] :$cIndiana University Press,$d2000. 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-33691-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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, 1966-1967 327 $a10 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; 330 $a""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 of 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975 676 $a959.7043373 700 $aAddington$b Larry H.$0153882 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461574403321 996 $aAmerica's war in Vietnam$92032056 997 $aUNINA