702: 1/4 Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall
Image: The Versailles Conference of 1919, attended by Hồ Chí Minh (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung); where President Wilson rebuffed Hồ’s effort to solicit support from the United States for the creation of a free and democratic Vietnam. Here: The site of the plenary session that adopted the first of the Covenant of the League of Nations on Feb. 14, 1919. A year later, the first meeting of the Council of the League of Nations took place in the same room. Photographer: U.S. Signal Corps. Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall (https://www.amazon.com/Fredrik-Logevall/e/B001IXMD9Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1) 0Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He brings to life the bloodiest battles of France's final years in Indochina—and describes how, from an early point, a succession of American leaders made disastrous policy choices that put America on its own collision course with history. https://www.amazon.com/Embers-War-Empire-Americas-Vietnam-ebook/dp/B007EED4P8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=