Vietnam, the Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict
- ISBN-10
- 0684842548
- ISBN-13
- 9780684842547
- Category
- History (General)
- Pages
- 314
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Michael Lind
Description
Offering what is sure to be a controversial perspective on America's most painful war, the author proposes that Vietnam should have been fought, but with different tactics.
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