Vietnam: Explaining America´s Lost War
Gary R. Hess
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Description for Vietnam: Explaining America´s Lost War
Paperback. Series: Contesting the Past. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining America’s Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20th century’s seminal conflicts.
Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining America’s Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20th century’s seminal conflicts.
- Looks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central arguments of scholars, journalists, and participants and providing evidence on both sides of controversies around this event
- Addresses key debates about the Vietnam War, asking whether the war was necessary for US security; whether President Kennedy would have avoided the war had he lived beyond November 1963; whether negotiation would have been a feasible alternative to war; and more
- Assesses the lessons learned ... Read more
- Written by a well-respected scholar in the field in an accessible style for students and scholars
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Contesting the Past
Condition
New
Weight
307g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118948996
SKU
V9781118948996
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99-1
About Gary R. Hess
Gary R. Hess is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, where he taught for forty-five years. His publications include The United States at War, 1941–1945 (Wiley, 3rd edition, 2010), Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq (rev. ed., 2009), Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War 1941–1945 (1998), and ... Read more
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