America in Vietnam
Subtitle: A Documentary History
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: June 1989
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780393305555
First sentence: No one can be certain, but it is highly probable that the first Americans to reach what we now call Vietnam were various masters and sailors who, seduced by the lure of wealth and adventure, became international pirates during King William's (1689-97).