Masters of War
Subtitle: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780521599405
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Asian / Middle Eastern history; 20th century; History: American; History; History - Military / War; USA; Vietnam; Asia - Southeast Asia; Military - Vietnam War; United States - 20th Century; History / Southeast Asia; History / United States / 20th Century; History-Military - Vietnam War; History-United States - 20th Century; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movem; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States
First sentence: Although American leaders in the following decade would establish Vietnam as the central battlefield in the global cold war, U.S. military officials in the 1950s consistently opposed expanded commitments to and intervention in Indochina.