Böcker av Gary R. (Bowling Green State University Hess

This concise overview of how the war was fought as well as a consideration of the ways in which Americans regarded allies and enemies, embraced heroes, and viewed the war's purpose makes the important distinction between popular notions and military and political realities.

Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining America s Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20 th century s seminal conflicts.