Warren, James A

"Presents a military and political history of the Vietnam War during 1965--the pivotal first year of the American conflict when the U.S. intervened directly with combat units in a struggle between communist and pro-Western forces in South Vietnam that had raged on and off for twenty years"--Provided by publisher.

Historians and ordinary Americans have struggled to understand how and why the United States lost the Vietnam War. This book argues that the outcome of the war rested as much on General Vo Nguyen Giap's brilliant and innovative protracted war strategy as on American mistakes. Giap achieved victory in two anti-colonial struggles---first against France (1946-1954), and then against the United States (1954-1975). Giap, a legend of modern military history, was among the fist to realize that war could be won against superior military forces by exploiting the enemy's political and psychological weaknesses. He died in 2013 at the age of one hundred and one.

A discussion of the causes, events, and aftermath of the longest and most controversial conflict in American history.

Study of the Cold War for young adult readers, answering questions about the origins of the forty-six year stand-off between the United States and the Soviet Union and looking at the effect it has had on U.S. policy at home and abroad.

A discussion of the causes, events, and aftermath of the longest and most controversial conflict in American history.