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Book SynopsisA masterful account of Lyndon Johnson and America's fall into Vietnam by one of our finest historians, filled with fresh interpretations, deft portraits, and new perspectives. Absolutely terrific...simply the best book on the period. —Marilyn B. Young
Trade ReviewRemarkably rich analysis...an especially important and insightful contribution to the literature on the Vietnam War. -- Gary R. Hess * American Historical Review *
Striking material...this subject has been written about often, but never with keener understanding. -- Ronald Steel, author of
Pax Americana,
The End of Alliance: America and the Future of Europe,
Walter Lippmann and the American Century, and other works on American foreign policy
The best in print...an impressive range of sources to craft a work that not only delineates LBJ's dilemmas but penetrates his motives. -- John Prados, author of Presidents' Secret Wars
An unusually lucid and even gripping work of scholarship. -- Jeff Stein * The Washington Post *
An absolutely terrific book...Pay Any Price is simply the best book on the period anyone has written. -- Marilyn B. Young, author of The Vietnam Wars, 1945–1990
