America in Vietnam A Documentary History [Paperback]

Through a wide variety of documentsincluding newly opened presidential papers, congressional debates, military reports, treaties, and newspaper articlesthe authors trace the origins of the war back to preWorld War II attitudes and then proceed through the development of the domino theory and the policies of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon to the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.This collection of essays and documents, written and compiled by fourdistinguished historians, is an essential source book for anyoneseeking to understand the causes, character, and consequences ofAmerican involvement in Vietnam.