| Description |
xi, 559 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 539-549. |
| Contents |
The decade of Vietnam -- The colonial legacy -- Passing the baton -- Blueprint for a house of cards : Geneva, 1954 -- Forging a double-edged sword : Manila, 1954 -- Birth of a non-nation -- Diem, Dulles, and dominoes -- Kennedy's commitment -- Death of a Mandarin -- Interregnum : Washington and Saigon -- McNamara's war -- Johnson's war -- Tragedy of errors -- End of an administration ; end of a policy -- No more Vietnams -- Crusades, commitments, and constraints. |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.
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Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Cooper, Chester L. Lost crusade. New York, Dodd, Mead [1970] (OCoLC)577357986 |
| ISBN |
0396062415 |
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9780396062417 |
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