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a history
Stanley Karnow.
xv, 768 pages
illustrations, portraits.
First published: 1983. Contents: 1. The war nobody won -- 2. Piety and power -- 3. The heritage of Vietnamese nationalism -- 4. The war with the French -- 5. The light that failed -- 6. America's Mandarin -- 7. Vietnam is the place -- 8. The end of Diem -- 9. The commitments deepen -- 10. Disorder and decision -- 11. LBJ goes to war -- 12. Escalation -- 13. Debate, diplomacy, doubt -- 14. Tet -- 15. Nixon's war -- 16. The peace that never was.
Summary: Clarifies, analyzes, and demystifies the tragic ordeal of the Vietnam war. Free of ideological bias, profound in its understanding, and compassionate in its human portrayals, it is filled with fresh revelations drawn from secret documents and from exclusive interviews with the participants - French, American, Vietnamese, Chinese: diplomats, military commanders, high government officials, journalists, nurses, workers, and soldiers. (Back cover)