Marigold
Subtitle: the lost chance for peace in Vietnam
By: James G. Hershberg
Series: Cold War International History Project series; Cold War International History Project series
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Diplomatic history; Peace; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Foreign relations
Description: "This book explores one of the last great mysteries of the war that Henry Kissinger has retrospectively termed "the defining experience of the second half of the twentieth century" and "the black hole of American historical memory"--the clandestine peace initiative, bearing the U.S. code name "Marigold," that in late 1966 sought to end the fighting, or at least open direct talks, between Washington and Hanoi."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.