Vietnam

Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, <i>Vietnam: Explaining America’s Lost War</i> is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20^th century’s seminal conflicts.<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Looks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central arguments of scholars, journalists, and participants and providing evidence on both sides of controversies around this event</li> <li>Addresses key debates about the Vietnam War, asking whether the war was necessary for US security; whether President Kennedy would have avoided the war had he lived beyond November 1963; whether negotiation would have been a feasible alternative to war; and more</li> <li>Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since</li> <li>Written by a well-respected scholar in the field in an accessible style for students and scholars</li> </ul>