Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. In agreeing to the accords, ho chi minh and other leaders of the democratic republic of vietnam anticipated a new period of peace leading to national reunification under their rule. Now asselin gives us hanoi s road to the vietnam war, 19541965, the first detailed scholarly assessment of the subject ever published in english. When i think back to reading either book for the first time, and other vietnam war books, the. Hanois road to the vietnam war opens in 1954 with the signing of the geneva accords that ended the. A vietnam war reading list, brought to you by the war hall. It strikes me that this is the way our memories work. Hastings sees the vietnam war in much the same way as that. Hanois road to the vietnam war, 19541965 by pierre. Edward lansdale and the american tragedy in vietnam. Hanois road to the vietnam war by pierre asselin books. The vietnam war might have taken a very different courseone that was less. Based on extensive research of vietnamese, french, british, canadian, and american source documents and written by a vietnamese and french linguist, hanois road to the vietnam war lays to rest many of the myths, prejudices, and wrong assumptions concerning the origins of the vietnam war.
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