Choosing war: the lost chance for peace and the escalation of war in Vietnam
- Berkeley,Ca.,USA: University California Press, 1999
- 529p.
Seeks to demonstrate that the Vietnam War was unnecessary, not only with hindsight, but also from the point of key players at the time. Examines why viable alternatives, presented at the highest levels of US policy-making, were not adopted.
0520215117 (hbk.): 33.00 US$
CAUSES OF WAR UNITED STATES--FOREIGN RELATIONS--VIETNAM VIETNAM WAR VIETNAM--FOREIGN POLICY--UNITED STATES