The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: August 7, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 992
ISBN-13: 9780691006369
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Central government policies; Land forces & warfare; War & defence operations; c 1960 to c 1970; U.S. Foreign Relations; U.S. History - Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973); History - Military / War; Politics/International Relations; USA; Vietnam; Military - General; Military - Vietnam War; Southeast Asia
First sentence: On July 28. 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the United State was deploying addition troops to South Vietnam and declared that the U.S. would use its forces to defend South Vietnam from the "growing might and grasping ambition of Asian communism."