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	Baritz, Loren. Backfire : A History of How American Culture Led Us Into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did. New York: Morrow, 1985.;
	Gelb, Leslie H. with Richard K. Betts. The Irony of Vietnam : The System Worked. Washington: The Brookings Institution, 1979.
	Gibson, James. The Perfect War : Technowar in Vietnam. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986; New York: Vintage, 1988.
	Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam : A History. New York: Viking, 1983; revised edition, New York: Penguin USA, 1991.      *CORE* A massive history by a journalist written as a companion to the PBS series (Vietnam : A Television History). Much of the volume concentrates on the American involvement, although there is a useful discussion of earlier history and the First Indochina War. The work is generally unbiased, and reflects Karnow's access to many of the major figures involved. The original edition (1983) contains some errors which were corrected in the 1984 paperback edition.