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Choosing war

the lost chance for peace and the escalation of war in Vietnam

By Logevall, Fredrik

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"In Choosing War Fredrik Logevall presents the first truly comprehensive examination of the making of a major war in Vietnam in 1963-65. Placing U.S. decision making in its wider international and domestic political contexts, he shows that the Vietnam War was unnecessary, not merely in hindsight but from the perspective of key players at the time, American-officials chose war over disengagement despite deep pessimism about U.S. prospects in the war and over the objections of important voices in the United States and abroad."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN
978-0-52021-511-5
Publisher
Berkeley ; University of California Press, c1999.


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Reviewed on July 1, 1999

Logevall (history, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) contends that during the crucial period of 1963-65, the United States could have negotiated an end to the Vietnam War. This period (called the "long 1964") saw attempts by France and North Vietnam to negotiate peace; American leaders, on the other ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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