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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition) 4th Edition
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- ISBN-100072536187
- ISBN-13978-0072536188
- Edition4th
- PublisherMcGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
- Publication dateNovember 15, 2001
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions5.25 x 0.75 x 8 inches
- Print length384 pages
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- Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 4th edition (November 15, 2001)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0072536187
- ISBN-13 : 978-0072536188
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.75 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #322,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #568 in Vietnam War History (Books)
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George C. Herring is Alumni Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Kentucky. His book in the Oxford History of the United States series, From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776 won the Robert Ferrell Prize of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A leading authority on U.S. foreign relations, he is the former editor of Diplomatic History and a past president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is the author of America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975, among other books. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
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George C Herring concentrates his book on the plans and reaction of the various administrations; this approach makes for absorbing reading. Although he covers the events talking place in Vietnam, he swiftly takes the reader back to the Whitehouse to record the response. So although there are no heroes and Herring does not make excuses for anyone, American policy does become clearer; in fact in the broad sweep of history it would seem one facet Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon had in common; a wish not to become involved in Vietnam while at the same time endeavouring to impose American policy upon that land; a common historical tragedy, the only difference being the sheer scale.
The style is clear, the facts easy to follow, and the writer's conclusion straight to the point.
Recommended to anyone with an interest in the Vietnam Wars, and also those studying the history of American foreign policy








