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Vietnam : a history
- Title
- Vietnam : a history / Stanley Karnow.
- Author
- Karnow, Stanley
- Publication
- New York : The Viking Press, 1983.
- ©1983
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DS558 .K37 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 750 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Examines American involvement in the Vietnam War, delves into the decisionmaking process in Washington and Asia, and presents interviews with participants on both sides.
- Uniform Title
- Vietnam, a television history (Television program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Published in conjunction with a proposed 1983 PBS program: Vietnam, a television history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The war nobody won -- Piety and power -- The heritage of Vietnamese nationalism -- The war with the French -- The light that failed -- America's mandarin -- Vietnam is the place -- The end of diem -- The commitments deepen -- Disorder and decision -- LBJ goes to war -- Escalation -- Debate, diplomacy, doubt -- Tet -- Nixon's war -- The peace that never was.
- ISBN
- 0670746045
- 9780670746040
- 0670842184
- 9780670842186
- LCCN
- 83047905
- OCLC
- ocm09646422
- 9646422
- SCSB-14472247
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library