A Companion to the Vietnam War (Blackwell Companions to American History)
Contributors: Robert Buzzanco (Contributor); Amy Blackwell (Contributor); Mark Bradley (Contributor); Robert Brigham (Contributor); Marilyn B. Young (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781405149839
Subjects: Asian history: Vietnam War; c 1960 to c 1970; Military - General; History - General History; History; Military; Vietnam; Military - Vietnam War; Asia - Southeast Asia; History / Military / Vietnam War; Reference; 1961-1969; 1969-; United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
First sentence: The Vietnam War was "the quintessential conflict in the long history of warfare in our century," says Gabriel Kolko, who thinks it was "virtually preordained" that the USA would try to attain a vital military success to compensate for its failures in Korea