Vietnam
Subtitle: a history
By: Stanley Karnow.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 752
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- United States.; United States -- History -- 1945-; Vietnam -- History.
Other titles: Vietnam, a television history (Television program)
Description: A summation "of over two centuries of conflict in Indochina. Chronicling a tragic history, Karnow presents a balanced and synmpathetic view of Vietnamese aspiration and the mishaps that led to American involvement in a 'war nobody won.'"--Voice Youth Advocates.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 708-728.
Published as a companion volume to Vietnam, a television history.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1983.
Includes index.