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Eventually found itself in where all of southeast asia would come under communist influence if vietnam fell to the communist

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Excellent writing and depiction of facts supported by endless footnotes placed in a separate section so as not to interfere with reading this book is fascinating with its simple yet simultaneously complex explanation of immediate post ww2 events in french indochina

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There were many instances during the evolution of the circumstance that the french or americans could have said no and turned away but they didnt

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The book is maddening at times because we learned exactly the same lessons as the french and had we paid attention would not hopefully become embroiled in tbis war

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This is a book of circumstance unavoidable events the death of fdr that sets the stage for politicians to make uneducated and biased decisions that will destroy the heart of our nation

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The vietnam war was not inevitable as fredrik logevall shows in his magisterial embers of war the fall of an empire and the making of americas vietnam

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Roosevelt was opposed to colonialism and logevall argues had he lived his will might have won out but he didnt live