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Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam by Gordon M. Goldstein Publisher Comments A compelling portrait of a man once serenely confident, searching decades later for self-understanding.--Richard Holbrooke, The New York Times Book Review I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Best and the Brightest, With New Introduction ((4TH)92 Edition) by David Halberstam Publisher Comments "A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience." -- The New York Times "[The] most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation's search... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments "His own lonely impunity is rank; it smells to heaven. If it is allowed to persist then we shall shamefully vindicate the ancient philosopher Anacharsis, who maintained that laws were like cobwebs; strong enough to detain only the weak, and too weak to... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud That Shaped a Decade by Jeff Shesol Publisher Comments A fascinating portrait of two giants of twentieth-century politics locked in a conflict that defined their era. Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kennedy loathed each other. Politics, of course, is full of heated rivalry, and the nature of the game is more often... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $5.20 Used - Hardcover
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Freedom's Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s by Robert Cohen Publisher Comments Here is the first biography of Mario Savio, the brilliant leader of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement, the largest and most disruptive student rebellion in American history. Savio risked his life to register black voters in Mississippi in the Freedom... (read more) List Price $42.25 Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Pivotal Moments in American History) by Raymond Arsenault Publisher Comments They were black and white, young and old, men and women. In the spring and summer of 1961, they put their lives on the line, riding buses through the American South to challenge segregation in interstate transport. Their story is one of the most... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert S Mcnamara Publisher Comments The #1 national bestseller--an indispensable document for anyone interested in the Vietnam War. McNamara's controversial book tells the inside and personal story of America's descent into Vietnam from a unique point of view, and is one of the most... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dereliction of Duty by H. R. Mcmaster Publisher Comments "The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C." - H. R. McMaster (from the Conclusion) Dereliction Of Duty is a stunning new analysis of how... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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1968 Marching in the Streets by Tariq Ali Publisher Comments Nineteen sixty-eight. A radical wave swept the world. From Washington to London, Paris to Saigon, Berlin to Lahore, Chicago to Mexico City, people took to the streets demanding emancipation. In Vietnam, the guerrilla armies launched the Tê t (New... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Vietnam and the Transformation of American Li (Problems in American History) by Robert Buzzanco Publisher Comments The Vietnam War, which dominated American life during the 1960s, helped to create, radicalize, and alter social and political life in the US.... (read more) List Price $53.75 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964-The Beginning of the "Sixties" by Jon Margolis Publisher Comments The year was 1964, John Kennedy was dead and the country was reeling from the aftermath of his assasination.The Warren Commission was sifting evidence.Lyndon Johnson was beginning to tear down Camelot to build the Great Society.Young men started burning... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 by Taylor Branch Publisher Comments At Canaan's Edge concludes America in the King Years, a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race, violence, and democracy. Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author Taylor Branch makes clear in this... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Soliah: The Sara Jane Olson Story by Sharon D. Hendry Publisher Comments Long before the 9/11 Muslim extremist attacks on America, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) earned a frightening nationwide reputation as "homeland" terrorists. They kidnapped publishing heiress Patty Hearst, robbed numerous banks, and bombed police... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $2.24 Used - Trade Paper
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Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud That Defined a Decade by Jeff Shesol Publisher Comments Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kennedy loathed each other. Their antagonism, propelled by clashing personalities, contrasting views, and a deep, abiding animosity, would drive them to a bitterness so deep that even civil conversation was often impossible... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Watergate: The Presidential Scandal That Shook America by Keith W Olson Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Death of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War by Howard Jones Publisher Comments When John F. Kennedy was shot, millions were left to wonder how America, and the world, would have been different had he lived to fulfill the enormous promise of his presidency. For many historians and political observers, what Kennedy would and would... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination by Clay Risen Publisher Comments A Nation on Fire America in the Wake of the King Assassination "A solid and compassionate account of a week that proved a graveyard for the liberal dreams of the 1960s, and a seedbed for the backlash against them." —Rick Perlstein, author of... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great Statesman and Diplomat by Don Oberdorfer Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-575) and index.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $22.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s by G Calvin Mackenzie Synopsis An engaging be hind-the-scenes look at the lesser-known forces that fueled the profound social reforms of the 1960s Provocative and incisive, The Liberal Hour reveals how Washington, so often portrayed as a target of reform in the 1960s, was in fact the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Unfinished Journey America Since Wor 5TH Edition by William Henry Chafe Publisher Comments This popular classic text chronicles America's roller-coaster journey through the decades since World War II. Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of post-war America, Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political themes that have... (read more) List Price $46.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Trade Paper
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