The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War
David L. Anderson. Columbia University Press, $90 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-231-11492-9
University of Indianapolis history professor David L. Anderson (Facing My Lai) combines three different formats in his concise Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War: a historical summary of the conflict from French occupation through North Vietnam's victory, organized around key controversial questions (""Was Johnson a War Hawk or a Reluctant Warrior?""); an A-Z mini-encyclopedia of all things Vietnam War; and an extensive list of resources and documents, plus a detailed chronology that runs from 207 B.C. (""Kingdom of Nam Viet founded"") through Clinton's extension of diplomatic recognition to socialist Vietnam in 1995. (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 06/17/2002
Genre: Nonfiction
Other - 352 pages - 978-0-231-50738-7
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