Author Freedman offers a concise account of the Vietnam War, describing how America, a superpower caught up in Cold War politics, became involved in the war, battles and events in Vietnam, the experiences of American soldiers sent into the jungles to fight, and ultimately the legacy of the Vietnam War. Features black-and-white photographs, a timeline, and a glossary of terms.
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The last man to die in Vietnam -- The Vietnamese : the long road to revolution -- Ho Chi Minh : the making of a revolutionary -- Ho Chi Minh meets the OSS -- The French war in Vietnam : the elephant and the tiger -- Tumbling dominoes -- Ngo Dinh Diem : America's miracle man in Saigon -- The last days of President Diem -- From the Tonkin Gulf to Rolling Thunder -- The American war in Vietnam -- The antiwar movement -- The Tet Offensive -- The beginning of the end -- The fall of Saigon -- Reconciliation.