America's longest war
Subtitle: the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975
By: George C. Herring.
Series: America in crisis
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- United States; Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975; United States -- History -- 1945-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam; Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
Description: The author portrays American participation in the Vietnam War as the logical culmination of the containment policy that began under Harry Truman in the late 1940's. Also his portrayal of the complex challenge that Vietnam posed for the United States and the varied responses it evoked from American people & leaders.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 273-288.
Includes index.