The complete idiot's guide to the Vietnam War. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Vietnam War
• Further Information: Note: By Tim Maga.
• Other Names: Maga, Timothy P, 1952-
• Contents: The not-so-good war. Discovering Vietnam ; Ho, ho, Ho Chi Minh ; Uncle Ho meets Uncle Sam ; Thirty years' war, act one ; Destiny at Dienbienphu -- How to make a quagmire. Thirty years' war, act two ; Kings of corruption ; The Eisenhower era passes ; Enter the new frontier ; The American lake ; The other Vietnam? -- Escalation. Holding the beachhead ; All the way with LBJ ; Thirty year's war, act three ; Death in Pleiku ; March to victory? ; The young Turks and the search for victory -- No light in the tunnel. Question authority ; The art of lying ; The Tet offensive ; The battling Democrats and campaign '68 ; Thirty years' war, the final act -- Cambodia ; Watergate -- Defeat and renewal. Coming home ; The fall of Saigon ; Hollywood goes to Vietnam ; The road to normalization and beyond -- Casualty figures for the Vietnam War -- Glossary.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Indianapolis, IN : Alpha Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 367 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 959.704/7; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Chronology; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States; HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia; United States; Electronic books; Chronologies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781101439159; 1101439157; 9781101443156; 1101443154
• Related ISBNs: 9781615640409; 1615640401
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.