Backfire A History of How American Culture Led Us into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did

Name: Backfire A History of How American Culture Led Us into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did
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ISBN: 9780801859533

ISBN-10: 0801859530

ISBN-13: 9780801859533

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Loren Baritz

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"The first full-length and scholarly account of why we got into Vietnam in the first place, why we fought as barbarously as the Japanese in Manchuria or the Germans in Poland, and why we deserved to lose it -- indeed why we did have to lose it if we were to find any kind of ultimate peace." -- Henry Steele Commager, Amherst College "A provocative and informative book written in the easy style of a seasoned teacher. One must wonder what might have been had Backfire been written two decades earlier." -- Paul Bucha, Medal of Honor, Vietnam "This remarkable book provides a way of looking at the Vietnam War that is both intellectually complex and extremely moving." -- Susan Sontag In a…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 6/30/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English