Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War

Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20^th century's seminal conflicts.

• Looks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central arguments of scholars, journalists, and participants and providing evidence on both sides of controversies around this event
• Addresses key debates about the Vietnam War, asking whether the war was necessary for US security; whether President Kennedy would have avoided the war had he lived beyond November 1963; whether negotiation would have been a feasible alternative to war; and more
• Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since
• Written by a well-respected scholar in the field in an accessible style for students and scholars

Author: Gary R. Hess
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 05/26/2015
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781118948996
ISBN10: 1118948998
BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General
- History | Asia | Southeast Asia

About the Author
Gary R. Hess is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, where he taught for forty-five years. His publications include The United States at War, 1941-1945 (Wiley, 3^rd edition, 2010), Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq (rev. ed., 2009), Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War 1941-1945 (1998), and The United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asian Power (1987).