Nixon, Ford, and the abandonment of South Vietnam
By: by J. Edward Lee and H.C. "Toby" Haynsworth.
Contributors: Haynsworth, Toby.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Ford, Gerald R., 1913-; Nixon, Richard M. 1913-; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- United States.
Description: "South Vietnam fell because of events occurring thousands of miles away from the battlefields - in China, the Soviet Union, Latin America, the Middle East, and Washington's corridors of power, along protest lines, and around America's dinner tables." "This work examines those other political, social, and economic conflicts that distracted and crippled the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and led to the abandonment of the U.S.-supported South Vietnamese regime."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index.