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by David Halberstam; Daniel J. Singal (Editor)


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Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account of the most critical political period of U.S. involvement in Vietnam--the Kennedy/Diem era--remains as fresh and stimulating today as when it was first published in 1965. In the introduction to this edition, historian Daniel J. Singal provides crucial background information that was unavailable when the book was written.

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  • Title The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam During the Kennedy Era
  • Author David Halberstam; Daniel J. Singal (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 2007-11-09
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780742560086 / 0742560082
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.92 x 6.06 x 0.61 in (22.66 x 15.39 x 1.55 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Foreign relations - Vietnam, Vietnam - Foreign relations - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007033798
  • Dewey Decimal Code 959.704

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2008, Page 49

About the author

David Halberstam (1934-2007) was the author of 20 books, the last 14 of which have been national best-sellers. His most recent book, The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, is about the Chinese entry into the Korean War. He was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in Vietnam and was a member of the elective Society of American Historians.
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