| The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam During the Kennedy Era Revised Edition Contributor(s): Halberstam, David (Author), Singal, Daniel J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0742560082 ISBN-13: 9780742560086 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: Pulitzer-prize winning author David HalberstamOs eyewitness account of the most critical political period of U.S. involvement in Vietnamthe Kennedy/Diem eraremains as fresh and stimulating today as when it was first published in 1965. In the introduction to this edition, historian Daniel J. Singal provides crucial background information that was unavailable when the book was written. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Vietnam War - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 959.704 |
| LCCN: 2007033798 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.06" W x 8.92" (0.87 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
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| Publisher Description: Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account provides a riveting narrative of how the United States created a major foreign policy disaster for itself in a faraway land it knew little about. In the introduction to this edition, historian Daniel J. Singal supplies crucial background information that was unavailable in the mid-1960s when the book was written. With its numerous firsthand recollections of life in the war zone, The Making of a Quagmire penetrates to the essence of what went wrong in Vietnam. Although its focus is the Kennedy era, its analysis of the blunders and misconceptions of American military and political leaders holds true for the entire war. |