Death of a Generation
Subtitle: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: August 27, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780195176056
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Asian history: Vietnam War; History; History - Military / War; History: American; The Americas; Vietnam; Asia - Southeast Asia; Military - Vietnam War; United States - 20th Century/60s; History / Military / Vietnam War; History / United States / 20th Century; History : Asia - Southeast Asia; History : United States - 20th Century/60s; United States - 20th Century
First sentence: FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS in early January 1961, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Edward Lansdale secretly conducted a firsthand inspection of South Vietnam at the request of the outgoing secretary of defense.