Books by Brian Vandemark and Complete Book Reviews

Brian VanDeMark, Author . Little, Brown $26.95 (399p) ISBN 978-0-316-73833-0
As the subtitle suggests, this is a biography of a scientific generation, treating the nine men who built the atom bomb and how each of them grappled with the implications of their awesome creation. The story of the Manhattan Project is famous, and...
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Brian VanDeMark, Author Oxford University Press, USA $25 (288p) ISBN 978-0-19-506506-0
This is an evenhanded, well-documented account of America's deepening involvement in Vietnam during the critical months from November '64 to July '65, when the line between limited and large-scale war was crossed. Freelance writer VanDeMark analyzes
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Brian VanDeMark. Prometheus, $25 (256p) ISBN 978-1-61614-476-0
VanDeMark, an associate professor of American diplomatic history at the Naval Academy and coauthor of Robert McNamara’s In Retrospect, offers an enlightening history centered on the American University of Beirut and its influence in the Middle East.
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Brian VanDeMark. Custom House, $32.99 (640p) ISBN 978-0-06-244974-0
VanDeMark, a historian specializing in the Vietnam War, investigates at length how and why the Kennedy and Johnson administrations made the decisions that set the course of the Vietnam War. Drawing from numerous, in some cases exclusive, primary and
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Brian VanDeMark. Norton, $35 (416p) ISBN 978-1-324-06625-5
Historian VanDeMark (Road to Disaster) elicits a startling “belated confession” from former platoon sergeant Matt McManus in this fine-grained examination of the Kent State massacre. On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on student...
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