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Andrew Preston mentions Max Hastings' recent book on the Vietnam War, describing it as 'a fantastic book' that argues the US basically made a mistake by taking over the French role in Vietnam in 1954-55.

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Dominic mentions this book as 'a sort of revisionist account of the war that said it was the right war to fight and America bought time for its allies.' He notes it came out when they were PhD students together.

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Dominic references Fred Logevall's book which argues that Lyndon Johnson deliberately chose war. Andrew Preston describes it as 'one of my favorite books on the war' that 'changed my whole thinking on the war and the course of my PhD.'