Fredrik Logevall: 3 books
Embers of War
The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WORKS OF HISTORY IN RECENT YEARS
Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians • Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award...
by Fredrik Logevall
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Why did the US make a commitment to an independent South Vietnam? Could a major war have been averted? Fredrik Logevall provides a concise, comprehensive and accessible introduction to the origins of the Vietnam War from the end of the Indochina War in 1954 to the eruption of full-scale war in 1965, and places events against their full international background.
Nixon in the World : American Foreign Relations 1969-1977
American Foreign Relations, 1969-1977
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2008
In the 1970s the United States faced challenges on a number of fronts. By nearly every measure American power was no longer unrivalled. The task of managing America's relative decline fell to President Richard Nixon Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford. From 1969 to 1977 Nixon Kissinger and Ford reoriented...