JFK and de Gaulle: How America and France Failed in Vietnam, 1961-1963

by Sean J. McLaughlin

Despite French President Charles de Gaulle's persistent efforts to constructively share French experience and use his resources to help engineer an American exit from Vietnam, the Kennedy administration responded to de Gaulle's peace initiatives with bitter silence and inaction. The administration's response ignited a series of events that dealt a massive blow to American prestige across the globe, resulting in the deaths of over fifty-eight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081317774X
• ISBN13: 9780813177748
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"