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Extensive and yet manageable, this assessment of our national tragedy provides an accurate and objective analysis of the hostilities at home and abroad. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Comprehensive yet concise, americas longest war provides a complete and balanced history of the vietnam war. Herring is alumni professor of history emeritus at the university of kentucky.
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Widely recognized as a major contribution to the study of american involvement in vietnam,this comprehensive and balanced account analyzes the ultimate failure of the war,and the impact of the war on u. It seeks to explain how the united states became involved and the consequences of its actions for the vietnamese as well as americans. Author of the bestselling book, america s longest war, george c. Herring an examination of how and why president lyndon johnson and his administration conducted the vietnam war as they did. Herring s america s longest war is probably the most allinclusive history you can find about the vietnam war. The following list ranks wars and times of war by their duration, including both historical and ongoing wars. Presenting the latest research and scholarship, this clear, readable textbook discusses the historical reasons for america s lengthy involvement in vietnam and the continued effects of the vietnam war today. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. While the book does allow the reader to develop a general perspective of the conflict, it is also limiting. A 20 yougov poll pdf for a hoover institution project found that only 26. Many consider his discussion of the legacy of the war to be the quintessential blueprint for how historians. George herring, author of americas longest war and lbj and vietnam kimball explains, as no historian has before, how nixon and kissinger conducted their complicated and devious vietnam war diplomacy. The book seeks to place american involvement in vietnam in historical.
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