HERRING George C <br/><br/>
America's longest war:  the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975/ 
George C. Herring 
 - 3rd edition 
 - New York:  McGraw-Hill Inc.,  1996 
 - xiv, 354 pages;  maps, portraits;  21 cm. 
 - America in crisis .
<br/><br/> The author portrays American participation in the Vietnam War as the logical culmination of the containment policy that began under Harry Truman in the late 1940's. Also his portrayal of the complex challenge that Vietnam posed for the United States and the varied responses it evoked from American people & leaders. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0070283931 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>VIETNAMESE CONFLICT, 1961-1975--UNITED STATES<br/>VIETNAM--HISTORY--1945-1975