Why Viet Nam?: Prelude to America's Albatross

Patti, Archimedes L. A

ISBN 10: 0520041569 / ISBN 13: 9780520041561

Published by University Of California Press, 1981

About this Item

Jacket has heavy general wear, several tears and some small losses. Light foxing to edges of page-block. Internally clean. Binding tight. 700pp Archimedes L. A. Patti explains the origins of U.S. involvement in Vietnam by detailing his experiences with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in 1945. The book focuses on Patti's firsthand observations of Ho Chi Minh during the period after Japan's surrender, contrasting the American perception of Ho with Patti's view of him as a Vietnamese nationalist seeking independence, a perspective that ultimately challenges the conventional U.S. narrative about the conflict's beginnings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Viet Nam?: Prelude to America's Albatross
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520041569
• ISBN 13: 9780520041561
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Poor
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military & War

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Synopsis

Hardback book with dust jacket titled WHY VIETNAM? Prelude to America's Albatross by Archimedes L.A.Patti. Published by University of California Press in 1980. Illustrated with decorated end-papers and frontispiece map. See my photographs (3) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2BS-12-bottom-L) rareviewbooks