The Vietnam War
By Debbie Levy.
Description
Reciting the words of America's Declaration of Independence, on September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam's independence from France and set in motion more than three decades of war. After the French withdrew, five American presidents committed U.S. resources to Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism. Starting with military advisers in 1954, America's involvement in the conflict escalated until more than two and a half million Americans had served by the war's end in 1975. As more and more Americans were killed in a war that seemed unwinnable, the U.S. public b...
ISBN(s)
0822504219, 9780822504214
