Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War
by VanDeMark, Brian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0195065069
- ISBN 13
- 9780195065060
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, Oxford University Press, 1991, hardcover, xvi-268 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bookplate to front endpaper, slight spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge bumps, slight fade to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. Focusing mainly on the nine months from November 1964 to July 1965 VanDeMark describes how the Johnson administration progressed along a seemingly inevitable path to double the number of ground troops in Vietnam, polarize the American people, and destroy Johnson's presidency in the short term. Appended; Bibliographical Note, Detailed Notes Sorted by Chapter, Index. ISBN 9780195065060
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- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8098
- Title
- Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War
- Author
- VanDeMark, Brian
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing by numberline
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0195065069
- ISBN 13
- 9780195065060
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Usa
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1991
- Keywords
- 1963-1969; 20th Century; Asia; History; Military; Politics and government; Southeast Asia; Southeast Asian; United States; Vietnam; Vietnam War
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