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The Indochina and Vietnam Wars followed one another over thirty-five years, from 1940 to 1975, yet these two closely related conflicts are usually treated separately. This book seeks to tell the story of those wars as a single historical event. Within days of France's defeat by Nazi Germany and Japan's military expansion into Southeast Asia in July 1940, the United States became involved in Indochina. Most histories quickly mention the colonial past, usually limited to the battle of Dien Bien Phu, to concentrate exclusively on the American war. A selection of published sources explains the context and the development of the long war while providing an overview of France's imprint on Indochina and Vietnam.The question "Why were we in Vietnam?" comes up regularly regarding the root causes for the ultimate deployment of over five hundred thousand US troops, most of them conscripts, into a virtually unknown land.



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Robert Miller

I love math. I taught math at CCNY for 35 years. I have 15 books published including my Precalc for the Clueless book which was awarded the best seller award by Amazon.com in its field in 1999. As Ms Jessica Bodford said about my Math for the GRE General Test, I try to very hard to make math enjoyable and learnable, trying to anticipate any question you might have. If you have a problem please write me. I would love to help. Most of the time I will be able. If not I can direct you. Please be patient. I sometimes do not look at my computer for a while. Two future projects I would like to do- a book to teach parents and grand parents how to teach their kids math and HS text that will really teach you math and will help your teachers teach you math better and faster. Former President Clinton said that there are 5,000,000 jobs in America that go unfilled. A knowledge of math will help qualify you for many (most?) of these high paying jobs. I want to help you!!!! Good luck to you now and in the future. Bob Miller



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