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Author
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Before U.S. combat units were deployed in Vietnam, presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy strove to defeat a communist-led insurgency in Laos. This impoverished, landlocked Southeast Asian kingdom was geopolitically significant because it bordered more powerful communist and anticommunist nations. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, which traversed the country, provided a critical route for North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam. The Declaration on the Neutrality...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 603 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"John F. Kennedy died almost half a century ago--yet because of his extraordinary promise and untimely death, his star still resonates strongly. On the anniversary of his assassination, celebrated political scientist and analyst Larry J. Sabato--himself a teenager in the early 1960s and inspired by JFK and his presidency--explores the fascinating and powerful influence he has had over five decades on the media, the general public, and especially on...
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