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The complete idiot's guide to the Vietnam War / by Tim Maga.

by Maga, Timothy P., 1952-

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959.7043 M188c 2010

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Chronology.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.

Complete idiot's guide.

9781615640409 (pbk.)

1615640401 (pbk.)

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xv, 367 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"How we got into--and out of--Vietnam, and what we can learn from it now"--P. [1] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-346) and index.

The not-so-good war. Discovering Vietnam ; Ho, ho, Ho Chi Minh ; Uncle Ho meets Uncle Sam ; Thirty years' war, act one ; Destiny at Dienbienphu -- How to make a quagmire. Thirty years' war, act two ; Kings of corruption ; The Eisenhower era passes ; Enter the new frontier ; The American lake ; The other Vietnam? -- Escalation. Holding the beachhead ; All the way with LBJ ; Thirty year's war, act three ; Death in Pleiku ; March to victory? ; The young Turks and the search for victory -- No light in the tunnel. Question authority ; The art of lying ; The Tet offensive ; The battling Democrats and campaign '68 ; Thirty years' war, the final act -- Cambodia ; Watergate -- Defeat and renewal. Coming home ; The fall of Saigon ; Hollywood goes to Vietnam ; The road to normalization and beyond -- Casualty figures for the Vietnam War -- Glossary.

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