Vietnam

By Gareth Porter (editor),

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1 author picked Vietnam as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

If you are a serious student of history then you will be fascinated by this book because it tells a story in letters and official documents of how events in Vietnam unfolded the way they did. The book is a history of communications and policy documents between all the key decision-makers from the end of the 2nd World War in 1945 through two more wars, one with the French and another with the United States, ending in 1975. It reminds us how easily things could have swung a different way and, for me, raises many questions. Could thirty years…

From Mandaley's list on the French in Vietnam.

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