Marigold : the lost chance for peace in Vietnam /
This book explores one of the last great mysteries of the war that Henry Kissinger has retrospectively termed "the defining experience of the second half of the twentieth century" and "the black hole of American historical memory," the clandestine peace initiative, bearing the U....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Stanford, Calif. :
Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Cold War International History Project series.
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| Summary: | This book explores one of the last great mysteries of the war that Henry Kissinger has retrospectively termed "the defining experience of the second half of the twentieth century" and "the black hole of American historical memory," the clandestine peace initiative, bearing the U.S. code name "Marigold," that in late 1966 sought to end the fighting, or at least open direct talks, between Washington and Hanoi. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 890 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780804778848 0804778841 |