The Origins of the Vietnam War

The Origins of the Vietnam War

Author: Fredrik Logevall

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317882558

Category: History

Page: 190

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Why did the US make a commitment to an independent South Vietnam? Could a major war have been averted? Fredrik Logevall provides a concise, comprehensive and accessible introduction to the origins of the Vietnam War from the end of the Indochina War in 1954 to the eruption of full-scale war in 1965, and places events against their full international background.