Mark Atwood Lawrence
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Series
America in the world volume 35
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"At the start of the 1960s, John F. Kennedy and other American liberals expressed boundless optimism about the ability of the United States to promote democracy and development in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. With U.S. power, resources, and expertise, almost anything seemed possible in the countries of the Cold War's "Third World"--developing, postcolonial nations unaligned with the United States or Soviet Union. Yet by the end...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
The Vietnam War remains a topic of extraordinary interest, not least because of striking parallels between that conflict and more recent fighting in the Middle East. In The Vietnam War, Mark Atwood Lawrence draws upon the latest research in archives around the world to offer readers a superb account of a key moment in U.S. as well as global history. While focusing on American involvement between 1965 and 1975, Lawrence offers an unprecedentedly complete...
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This collection delves into Johnson's life and presidency as well as the legacies that have shaped our society since the tumultuous 1960s. Sweeping and influential, this book is for general readers interested in the history of the U.S. and its presidents"--
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