{"product_id":"vietnam-explaining-americas-lost-war-9781118948996","title":"Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War","description":"Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, \u003ci\u003eVietnam: Explaining America's Lost War\u003c\/i\u003e is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century's seminal conflicts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central arguments of scholars, journalists, and participants and providing evidence on both sides of controversies around this event\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses key debates about the Vietnam War, asking whether the war was necessary for US security; whether President Kennedy would have avoided the war had he lived beyond November 1963; whether negotiation would have been a feasible alternative to war; and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a well-respected scholar in the field in an accessible style for students and scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-152811\"\u003eGary R. Hess\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118948996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1118948998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037070\"\u003eModern | 20th Century | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS048000\"\u003eAsia | Southeast Asia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary R. Hess\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, where he taught for forty-five years. His publications include \u003ci\u003eThe United States at War, 1941-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley, 3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e edition, 2010), \u003ci\u003ePresidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e (rev. ed., 2009), \u003ci\u003eVietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War 1941-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eThe United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asian Power\u003c\/i\u003e (1987).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44387200336109,"sku":"9781118948996","price":84.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b29925c3-a572-4ff5-932b-d576064aeed0.jpg?v=1699376834","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/vietnam-explaining-americas-lost-war-9781118948996","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}