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Author:

Olson, James Stuart, 1946-

Title:

Where the domino fell : America and Vietnam, 1945 to 2004 / James S. Olson, Randy Roberts.

Edition:

4th ed.

Publisher:

Brandywine Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

viii, 358 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Vietnam--History--1945-1975.
Vietnam--History--1975-
Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.

Other Authors:

Roberts, Randy, 1951-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-332) and index.

Contents:

Eternal war: the Vietnamese heritage -- First Indochina War, 1945-1954 -- Making of a quagmire, 1954-1960 -- New frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963 -- Planning a tragedy, 1963-1965 -- Into the abyss, 1965-1966 -- Mirage of progress, 1966-1967 -- Tet and the year of the monkey, 1968 -- Beginning of the end, 1969-1970 -- Fall of South Vietnam, 1970-1975 -- Distorted images, missed opportunities, 1975-1995 -- Oliver Stone's Vietnam -- "Nam," Islam, and the American future.

ISBN:

9781881089018 (pbk.)
1881089010 (pbk.)

Locations:

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)