{"product_id":"vietnam-gary-r-hess-9781118948996","title":"Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War","description":"Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, \u003ci\u003eVietnam: Explaining America's Lost War\u003c\/i\u003e is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century's seminal conflicts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central arguments of scholars, journalists, and participants and providing evidence on both sides of controversies around this event\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses key debates about the Vietnam War, asking whether the war was necessary for US security; whether President Kennedy would have avoided the war had he lived beyond November 1963; whether negotiation would have been a feasible alternative to war; and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a well-respected scholar in the field in an accessible style for students and scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary R. Hess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1118948998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118948996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Gary R. Hess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245467398399,"sku":"9781118948996","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf779e07-24e7-401e-9474-9fcbf1e4ec54.jpg?v=1693928221","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vietnam-gary-r-hess-9781118948996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}