The United States could have won the war in Vietnam if only President Lyndon Johnson had let his air generals do what they wanted...if only we had intervened massively...if only we had pursued our campaign against the Viet Cong infrastructure. These propositions and others, advanced by apologists for the American defeat in Vietnam (many of them the very generals and officials responsible for prosecuting the war), are fast becoming conventional wisdom. In The Hidden History of the Vietnam War, John Prados meets them head on. ...
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The United States could have won the war in Vietnam if only President Lyndon Johnson had let his air generals do what they wanted...if only we had intervened massively...if only we had pursued our campaign against the Viet Cong infrastructure. These propositions and others, advanced by apologists for the American defeat in Vietnam (many of them the very generals and officials responsible for prosecuting the war), are fast becoming conventional wisdom. In The Hidden History of the Vietnam War, John Prados meets them head on. His straightforward narrative does not aim to be a comprehensive history; instead he focuses on key strategies, events, and personalities in the struggle. Mr. Prados's book draws from a broad range of evidence, including archival documents and official military government reports. By avoiding the atomized individual accounts that have characterized much of the nonfiction on Vietnam, and selecting crucial issues and battle actions, he succeeds in illuminating the high points of the Vietnam experience and puncturing the popular mythologies of the war.
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Fine. Prados, John., Ivan R. Dee 'Elephant Paperbacks', 1998, c1995, 1st trade pb edtion, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), fine, 329 pp with note on sources & index, 8vo, ISBN: 1566631971, 'Focusing on key strategies, crucial issues, battle actions, and personalities in the Vietnam conflict, Prados draws from a broad range of evidence to illuminate the high points of the war and punctuate its popular and enduring mythologies'
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Very Good. Unread, remaindered copy in Near Fine condition. The author draws from a broad range of sources to illuminate the important points of the war and takes a second look at its popular mythologies. *** 329pp. *** Index, biblio.
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This book is not an objective analysis of the war. It contains many mistakes and omissions that appear to be intended to make the North Vietnamese Communists look better, while also making the US and South Vietnamese to appear worst than what the reality was.
