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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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Comprehensive yet concise, America’s Longest War provides a complete and balanced history of the Vietnam War. It is not mainly a military history, but seeks to integrate military, diplomatic, and political factors in order to clarify America’s involvement and ultimate failure in Vietnam. While it focuses on the American side of the equation, it provides sufficient consideration of the Vietnamese side to make the events comprehensible.

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George C. Herring is Alumni Professor of history at the University of Kentucky. He received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Virginia and taught at Ohio University before moving to the University of Kentucky. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and essays, including The Secret Diplomacy of the Vietnam War: The Negotiating Volumes of the Pentagon Papers (1983) and LBJ and Vietnam: A Different Kind of War (1994). He served as editor of the scholarly journal Diplomatic History from 1982 to 1986 and was President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations in 1990. In 1991, he served as Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand and from 1993 to 1994, he was Visiting Professor of History at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point.

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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
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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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Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2012
I lived through the Vietnam War. I was not a soldier, though I did serve in the Navy during that time. But was a student, an undergrad 63-67, and a grad 67-70. I lived through the Tonkin Gulf episode, the Tet Offensive, the invasion of Cambodia. I was part of the demonstrations and discussions. Herring's book brings it all back in vivid detail. Yes, he talks a lot about what was going on in government. Most of which was secret to we citizens. But he also talks about the frustration of the soldiers, the politicians, the citizens. The book brought back to me the emotions of those years. Those of you who lived through it may not want to remember. Then don't read it. But I found a kind of reconciliation to relive those times, to re-experience those emotions, to remember the anger and disbelief about what our country was doing. No American President, from Truman on, was innocent. We were constantly deceived about what was going on, what our goals were. Herring makes it all clear. I've read quite a bit about this period, but this was the clearest narrative I've yet encountered.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2019
Very good condition and saved me so much money being a college student this is very important to me 👍 no ripped or missing pages great deal!
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024
The map of Vietnam and surrounding areas was not included.
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2017
An excellent source on both the battles and the behind the scene events of the war in Vietnam. A must read if you want to know about the war, how it was fought and why should not have been fought.
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2013
I had to order this for a college class. It came 1 day earlier than even Amazon expected. Also...it was a brand new , shrink wraped item. In college book store I would have paid a few dollars more for a used, highlighted, written in, dog earred copy...very very satisfied..
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2010
I used this book as background for a thesis paper on the Vietnam war. The author provides a clear overview in this accessible and well organized work. I would highly recommend this book to anyone in a class dealing with the Vietnam conflict.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2017
It's a textbook. It came as expected.
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2013
Learned a great deal from this work. It really informed about the reasons for certain decisions. As a whole a very well written book. I give it 4 fruit cocktails out of five C rats.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A lucid and informative account of Trying to Solve the Unsolvable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2010
Originally coming out in 1979, this, by my reckoning, is the fourth print of a definitive work which tracks successive American administrations between 1950 - 1975 in thier attempts near and failures in dealing with the issue of the civil war between North and South Vietnam.
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
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2017
Excellent book about the Vietnam war. Highly recommended.
Rebecca Alexander
2.0 out of 5 stars Not my definition of good condition
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2015
Apparently it's possible to get even less than you paid a penny for. The book is tatty, and ex-library judging by the stickers all over it and covered in notes in the margins and unerlining in the text. It's dog eared and has obvious water and nicotine/smoke damage. I suppose i should be grateful that all the pages seem to be present and accounted for. The only good thing i can say is that it came well ahead of the expected delivery date.