Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/20/2019
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Senator John Heinz History Center
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Author, editor and Vietnam War expert Fredrik Logevall offers his insight.
The Vietnam War (1955-1975) was a complicated military conflict in the divided country of Vietnam that evolved into a major undeclared war. It functioned as a violent expression of the Cold War (1946-1991) between the western democracies led by the United States and communist countries dominated by China and the Soviet Union. By the late 1960’s, it became increasingly clear that the US and its allies were unlikely to win as military and civilian casualties mounted. The war also led to political unrest in America.
As a specialist on U.S. foreign relations history and 20th century international history, Logevall writes in his book Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam about the collapse of French colonialism and the American war that followed in Vietnam.
Following his presentation, Dr. Logevall will sign copies of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam, which will be available for purchase.
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