A Vietnam War Reader: American and Vietnamese Perspectives

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Nixon- I'd rather use a nuclear bomb. Have you got that ready Kissinger- Now that, I think, would just be, uh, too much, uh - Nixon- A nuclear bomb, does that bother you Kissinger response virtually inaudible Nixon- I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ's sake! A Vietnam War Reader, edited by Michael Hunt, is a unique collection of shocking lived experiences, directly from the mouths and the pens of those soldiers, politicians and citizens who lived through the days of the Vietnam War and its bloody aftermath. Including testimony from both American and Vietnamese sources, the Reader contains such diverse documents as Ho Chi Minh's report to the Communist Party, a secret memo from the CIA on the Vietcong and a 1966 letter from a junior officer to his family, describing his growing doubts about the war. Transcripts show the casual conversations and public press conferences that would lead to millions of deaths, revealing the terrible dilemmas faced by those in power, and on the ground. Pham Van Dong- If the United States dares to start a limited war, we will fight it, and will win it. Mao Zedong- Yes, you can win it.

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"An excellent selection of primary sources."-"The VVA Veteran"

Author Bio

Michael H. Hunt is the Everett H. Emerson Professor of History Emeritus, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His major books include The American Ascendancy, The World Transformed- 1945 to the Present and Lyndon Johnson's War- America's Cold War Crusade in Vietnam, 1945-1968.