America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975The author portrays American participation in the Vietnam War as the logical culmination of the containment policy that began under Harry Truman in the late 1940's. Also his portrayal of the complex challenge that Vietnam posed for the United States and the varied responses it evoked from American people & leaders. |
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Page 90
... approved laws prohibiting all types of public gatherings , weddings and funerals included , unless approved by the government in ad- vance . The regime imposed on Americans as well as Vietnamese the most rigorous censorship of all ...
... approved laws prohibiting all types of public gatherings , weddings and funerals included , unless approved by the government in ad- vance . The regime imposed on Americans as well as Vietnamese the most rigorous censorship of all ...
Page 140
... approved a major new com- mitment of ground forces and a new strategy to govern their deployment . Determined to prevail in Vietnam and increasingly alarmed by the reports of steady military and political decline , in July he approved ...
... approved a major new com- mitment of ground forces and a new strategy to govern their deployment . Determined to prevail in Vietnam and increasingly alarmed by the reports of steady military and political decline , in July he approved ...
Page 256
... approved an amendment requiring the immediate cessa- tion of all military operations in and over Indochina . The ... approval ratings to an all - time low and left him fighting a desperate rearguard action to save his politi- cal life ...
... approved an amendment requiring the immediate cessa- tion of all military operations in and over Indochina . The ... approval ratings to an all - time low and left him fighting a desperate rearguard action to save his politi- cal life ...
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The United States France | 1 |
NationBuilding in South | 43 |
Kennedy and Diem | 73 |
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