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The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships. July 1965-January 1968.
William Conrad Gibbons
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Description for The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships. July 1965-January 1968.
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 986 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1342.
This fourth volume of a five-part policy history of the U.S. government and the Vietnam War covers the core period of U.S. involvement, from July 1965, when the decision was made to send large-scale U.S. forces, to the beginning of 1968, just before the Tet offensive and the decision to seek a negotiated settlement. Using a wide variety of archival sources and interviews, the book examines in detail the decisions of the president, relations between the president and Congress, and the growth of public and congressional opposition to the war. Differences between U.S. military leaders on how the war should ... Read more
This fourth volume of a five-part policy history of the U.S. government and the Vietnam War covers the core period of U.S. involvement, from July 1965, when the decision was made to send large-scale U.S. forces, to the beginning of 1968, just before the Tet offensive and the decision to seek a negotiated settlement. Using a wide variety of archival sources and interviews, the book examines in detail the decisions of the president, relations between the president and Congress, and the growth of public and congressional opposition to the war. Differences between U.S. military leaders on how the war should ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
986
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
986
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691605104
SKU
V9780691605104
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Reviews for The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships. July 1965-January 1968.
"The merits of volume 4 (and all the volumes to date) are numerous. Most important is the sustained, in-depth attention given to the congress and the war... Gibbons's usage of archival sources for the period under study is very impressive."
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