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A Grand Delusion. America's Descent Into Vietnam
by Mann, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0465043690
- ISBN 13
- 9780465043699
- Seller
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Benson, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket. Clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. No additional standard domestic postage forr this heavy book. "Mann's book is a political history of Congress' role in allowing the war to escalate, with a close recounting of particular members who, the closer they examined the shifting rationales advanced by executive branch officials, became afflicted by profound doubts about the wisdom of America's course. A significant addition to the historiography of the war." Gilbert Taylor for Booklist. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
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- Bookseller
- The Book Shed (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2005198
- Title
- A Grand Delusion. America's Descent Into Vietnam
- Author
- Mann, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0465043690
- ISBN 13
- 9780465043699
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Vietnam, Foreign Policy, Military Policy, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Escalation, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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