David Kaiser
Author
Series
Cambridge studies in Romanticism volume 34
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Fought as fiercely by politicians and the public as by troops in Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War, its origins, its conduct, its consequences, is still being contested. In what will become the classic account, based on newly opened archival sources, David Kaiser rewrites what we know about this conflict. Reviving and expanding a venerable tradition of political, diplomatic, and military history, he shows not only why we entered the war but also why...