Text ( visual ) : unmediatedVietnam : explaining America's lost war / Gary R. Hess. -- : hbk. : alk. paper ; : pbk. -- Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub. , c2009. -- xii, 218 p. ; 23 cm. -- (Contesting the past). -- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-213) and index. -- ISBN 9781405125277 ; 9781405125284 ; (BA87791237) ; http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA87791237 Author Heading(s): Hess, Gary R.. -- Classification(s): NDC9 : 253.07. -- Subject Heading(s): LCSH : Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States ; LCSH : United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989