Embers of war : the fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam

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Label

Embers of war : the fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam

Title remainder

the fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam

Statement of responsibility

Fredrik Logevall

Creator

• trueLogevall, Fredrik, 1963-

Subject

• trueFrance -- Colonies -- Asia
• trueFrance -- Foreign relations -- United States
• trueIndochinese War, 1946-1954
• Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Diplomatic history
• Nonfiction
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- France
• trueElectronic books
• trueVietnam -- Colonization
• trueVietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
• trueVietnam -- Politics and government -- 1945-1975
• trueVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Causes
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

A history of the four decades leading up to the Vietnam War offers insights into how the U.S. became involved, identifying commonalities between the campaigns of French and American forces while discussing relevant political factors

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

959.704/1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DS553.1

LC item number

.L64 2012eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography