The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 7, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 992
ISBN-13: 9780691006352
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Central government policies; Land forces & warfare; War & defence operations; c 1960 to c 1970; Military; History; History - Military / War; USA; Vietnam; Asia - Southeast Asia; Military - Vietnam War; American History; History / Military / Vietnam War; Political Science and International Relations
First sentence: On July 28. 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the United State was deploying addition troops to South Vietnam and declared that the U.S. would use its forces to defend South Vietnam from the "growing might and grasping ambition of Asian communism."