A Vietnam War Reader

American and Vietnamese Perspectives

Michael Hunt

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Penguin
09 July 2010

History; Vietnam War

Nixon- I'd rather use a nuclear bomb. Have you got that ready?

Kissinger- Now that, I think, would just be, uh, too much, uh -

Nixon- A nuclear bomb, does that bother you?

Kissinger response virtually inaudible

Nixon- I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ's sake! A Vietnam War Reader, edited by Michael Hunt, is a unique collection of shocking lived experiences, directly from the mouths and the pens of those soldiers, politicians and citizens who lived through the days of the Vietnam War and its bloody aftermath.

Including testimony from both American and Vietnamese sources, the Reader contains such diverse documents as Ho Chi Minh's report to the Communist Party, a secret memo from the CIA on the Vietcong and a 1966 letter from a junior officer to his family, describing his growing doubts about the war.

Transcripts show the casual conversations and public press conferences that would lead to millions of deaths, revealing the terrible dilemmas faced by those in power, and on the ground.

Pham Van Dong- If the United States dares to start a limited war, we will fight it, and will win it.

Mao Zedong- Yes, you can win it.

By: Michael Hunt
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9780141047027
ISBN 10: 014104702X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 July 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael H. Hunt is the Everett H. Emerson Professor of History Emeritus, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His major books include The American Ascendancy, The World Transformed: 1945 to the Present and Lyndon Johnson's War: America's Cold War Crusade in Vietnam, 1945-1968.