Books like Our Vietnam by A.J. Langguth

A comprehensive reference on the Vietnam War, covering its historical background, detailed chronology, and 500 alphabetically arranged articles on key people, battles, weapons, and controversies.

"Inside the Pentagon Papers addresses legal and moral issues that resonate today as debates continue over government secrecy and democracy's requisite demand for truthfully informed citizens. In the process, it also shows how a closer study of this signal event can illuminate questions of government responsibility in any era." "When Daniel Ellsberg leaked a secret government study about the Vietnam War to the press in 1971, he set off a chain of events that culminated in one of the most important First Amendment decisions in American legal history. That affair is now part of history, but the story behind the case has much to tell us about government secrecy and the public's right to know." "Inside the Pentagon Papers reexamines what happened, why it mattered, and why it still has relevance today. Focusing on the back story of the Pentagon Papers and the resulting court cases, it draws upon a wealth of oral history and previously classified documents to show the consequences of leak and litigation both for the Vietnam War and for American history."--BOOK JACKET.

A definitive, single‑volume analysis of why U.S. policy led America into and ultimately lost the Vietnam War, featuring portraits of key decision makers and a foreword by Senator John McCain.

A concise study of the causes of the Vietnam War, outlining the period from the 1954 end of the Indochina War to the full‑scale conflict of 1965 within its broader international context.

Tells the story of the Second Indochinese War from the perspectives of the United States Army General Officers who commanded there. This is not a history, nor is it a personal memoir; it is an attempt to record and analyze the retrospective views of the men who managed the operational aspects of the war. The inquiry is pragmatic- it draws together the issues and opinions of these war managers. -- Preface.