Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the commemoration story -- The noble cause principle and the actual history -- French colonialism and the origins of the American war in Vietnam -- The Diem regime and President John F. Kennedy -- President Johnson and escalation of the war -- President Nixon, "Vietnamization," and the end of the war -- Some lessons and myths of the American war in Vietnam.
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