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Vietnam: A History
by Karnow, Stanley
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- fair to good
- ISBN 10
- 0140073248
- ISBN 13
- 9780140073249
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About This Item
New York: Penguin Books, 1984. First Paperbk Edition. fair to good. 752 pages. Illus., maps, chronology, notes on sources, index, some wear/creasing to cover edges, text somewhat darkened. Signed by the author on the title page; small sticker residue on title page. The author's central theme is that America's leaders, prompted as much by domestic politics as by global ambitions, carried the United States into Southeast Asia with little regard for the realities of the region.
Synopsis
"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have."— Boston Globe . "Superb, balanced in interpretation... immensely readable and full of new and interesting detail."—George Herring, Univ. of Kentucky.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57267
- Title
- Vietnam: A History
- Author
- Karnow, Stanley
- Book Condition
- Used - fair to good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperbk Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140073248
- ISBN 13
- 9780140073249
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Vietnam, French Indochina, Southeast Asia, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Ngo Dinh Diem, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Signed
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