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Inventing Vietnam: The United States and State Building, 1954-1968 (1st Edition) by James M. Carter Paperback, 276 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-521-71690-X / 052171690X ISBN-13: 978-0-521-71690-1 / 9780521716901 This book considers the Vietnam war in light of U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, concluding that the war was a direct result of failed state-building efforts. This U.S. nation building project began in the mid-1950s with the ambitious goal of creating a new independent, democratic, modern state belo |