Why Viet Nam?: Prelude to America's AlbatrossIdentifies the origins and causes of U.S. involvement in Viet Nam, beginning with the surrender of Japanese forces in Indochina in 1945 |
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Användarrecension - focusoninfinity - LibraryThingCol. Patti was the only OSS officer assigned to Viet Nam in WWII. He tells how President Roosevelt did not want the French colonist to re-occupy their former colony of Viet Nam. But then Roosevelt ... Läs hela recensionen
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| Titel | Why Viet Nam?: Prelude to America's Albatross Political science, history |
| Författare | Archimedes L. A. Patti |
| Utgåva | illustrerad |
| Utgivare | University of California Press, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0520047834, 9780520047839 |
| Längd | 612 sidor |
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