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The French connection: New book provides sweeping history of Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War ranks among the most contentious events in American history. But few experts agree on the specifics of when and how it started. In a new book on the war, historian Frederik Logevall takes a look at the decades preceding American involvement to better understand the making of America’s Vietnam.

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