About the Author

James Hershberg is Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University. He was the founding director of the Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project and author of James B. Conant: Harvard to Hiroshima and the Making of the Nuclear Age (Stanford University Press, 1995).

Reviews

"Marigold offers unprecedented attention to the ICC, its members, and its internal dynamics ... One cannot question Hershberg's intimate knowledge of the wide range of characters one encounters in this book." - George Dutton, Journal of Asian Studies "James Hershberg has produced a truly admirable work of diplomatic history that will undoubtedly stand as the definitive account of the courageous but unsuccessful joint Polish-Italian effort to bring Hanoi and Washington to the negotiating table in 1966 and bring the Vietnam War to an early end. It is a major feat that the author was able to discover such a substantive, original subject matter in the crowded field of Vietnam War scholarship, and the favourable attention this work has drawn is well-deserved ... Marigold is essential reading for advanced students and professors of the Vietnam War, the Cold War in Asia, and peace history/conflict resolution studies." - Sean J. McLaughlin, Canadian Journal of History "James G. Hershberg's book is a valuable addition to the discourse that the Vietnam conflict was far more complicated than originally assumed... Hershberg traces Marigold from its inception to the end in minute detail, using archival evidence from numerous countries and interviews of key individuals. His research is not only revealing on marigold but sheds further light on the international dimensions of the Vietnam War." - Eugenie M. Blang, American Historical Review "[Marigold] is, in short, the very best kind of scholarship in international history ... Historians of the Vietnam War, and the Cold War more broadly, will learn much from this remarkably fresh and revealing historical account." - Andrew Preston, International Affairs "Hershberg superbly details a singular event of a highly controversial era - the Vietnam conflict ... Highly recommended." - Choice