Nixon, Ford and the Abandonment of South Vietnam

by H.C. Haynsworth and J. Edward Lee

South Vietnam fell because of events occurring thousands of miles away from the battlefields--in China, the Soviet Union, Latin America, the Middle East, and Washington's corridors of power, along protest lines, and around America's dinner tables. These other wars being fought by American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford profoundly impacted what happened in Vietnam.

This work examines those other conflicts and the political, social,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786413026
• ISBN13: 9780786413027
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher