Year Of The Hawk

From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, “highly recommended” ( Library Journal , starred review) account of the most pivotal year of the Vietnam War—the cataclysm that “continues to haunt American politics and culture” ( Publishers Weekly ). The Vietnam War was the greatest disaster in the history of American foreign policy. The conflict shook the nation to its foundations, exacerbating already deep cleavages in American society, and left the country baffled and ambivalent about its ro