America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975

ISBN-10: 0394341856
ISBN-13: 9780394341859
Series: America's Longest War
Pages: 298
Language: English
Published: 1979
Publisher: Knopf
Author: George C. Herring

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.