Vietnam War at 50

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THE VIETNAM WAR 50 YEARS AGO

        On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. President Lyndon B. Johnson subsequently relied upon the resolution to begin rapid escalation of U.S. military involvement in South Vietnam and open warfare between North Vietnam and the United States.

Some recent books include:

 

Turse, Nick. Killanything that moves: the real American war in Vietnam.  959.70434 Turse

Were events such as the notorious My Lai massacre isolated incidents or the predictable consequence of official orders to kill anything that moves. 

Hunt, Ira Augustus. Losing Vietnam: how America abandoned Southeast Asia.  959.7043 Hunt

Hunt effectively argues that America's lack of financial support and resolve doomed Cambodia and South Vietnam to defeat.  

Jones, Gregg. Laststand at Khe Sanh: the U.S. Marines' finest hour in Vietnam.  959.704345 Jones

Last Stand at Khe Sanh captures the exceptional courage and brotherhood that sustained the American fighting men throughout the ordeal. 

 

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