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Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama
Haunting Legacy Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama
Author: Marvin Kalb, Deborah Kalb
The United States had never lost a war ?that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon Johnson called a "raggedy-ass little fourth-rate country." The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision of whether to put "boots on the ground" and commit troop...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780815723899
ISBN-10: 081572389X
Publication Date: 9/28/2012
Pages: 364
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Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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