The Bitter Heritage: Vietnam and American Democracy, 1941-1966.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. Presumed first U.K. edition/first printing. Hardcover. 127, [1] p., 23 cm. Occasional footnotes. From Wikipedia: "Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual, son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. A specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular, his work focused on leaders such as Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. In the 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns he was a speechwriter and adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson II. Schlesinger served as special assistant and "court historian" to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963. He wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration, from the 1960 presidential campaign to the president's state funeral, titled A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, which won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography." Condition: Good in good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on fep crossed out. Stamp from New Delhi bookstore on fep.
Keywords: Indochina, Vietnam War, Democracy, Imperialism, Neo-colonialism, Antiwar, Dissent, Insurgency, Nationalism, Guerrilla Warfare
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