Overview
"The most useful book yet on the twin subjects of Vietnam and the presidents who shaped policy. These essays combine originality and analytic cogency in chronicling the expansion of presidential power and the war in Vietnam."—Larry Berman, author of Lyndon Johnson's War: The Road to Stalemate in Vietnam"A fine collection of essays by leading scholars of the Vietnam War. Focusing on the presidents who made and executed United States policy, the authors frequently provide fresh insights into the conflict and its impact on the presidency. This book should enliven and enrich what is fast becoming America's longest debate."—Andrew J. Rotter, author of The Path to Vietnam: Origins of the Commitment to Southeast Asia
Author Biography: David L. Anderson is professor of history and political science at the University of Indianapolis. He is the author of Facing My Lai: Moving Beyond the Massacre, Imperialism and Idealism: American Diplomats in China, 1861-1898 and Trapped by Success: The Eisenhower Administration and Vietnam, 1953-1961, co-winner of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations 1992 Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize.