Vietnam: An Epic History of a Divisive War 1945-1975. Max HastingsЧитать онлайн книгу.
e30-5d71-b34e-2134a9733eb2">
William Collins
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018
Copyright © Max Hastings 2018
The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Cover photograph © AP Photo/Art Greenspoon
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
Source ISBN: 9780008132989
Ebook Edition © September 2018 ISBN: 9780008133009
Version: 2018-09-24
For my dear friend Rick Atkinson, who chronicles the triumphs and tragedies of American armies with an elegance, penetration and human sympathy that his fellow-historians strive to match.
Contents
Note on Styles Adopted in the Text
1 CLINGING TO AN EMPIRE
1 STEAMROLLER TYPES
1 WAITING FOR GIAP
1 QUIT – OR BOMB?
1 ‘A REGIME OF TERROR’
1 ‘THEY’RE GOING TO LOSE THEIR COUNTRY IF …’
7 1963: Coffins for Two Presidents
1 SMALL BATTLE, BIG STORY: AP BAC
1 ‘ENOUGH WAR FOR EVERYBODY’
1 LIES
10 ‘We Are Puzzled About How to Proceed’
1 DOWN THE TRAIL