| Description |
xiv, 196 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / B.J.C. McKercher and E.J. Errington -- The Vietnam analogy and the "lessons" of history / George C. Herring -- The first Vietnam War : aftershocks in the East / Peter M. Dunn -- The 1954 Geneva Conference : after a decent interval / James Cable -- The origins of U.S. involvement in Vietnam / George McT. Kahin -- Laos : the escalation of a secret war / Sandra C. Taylor --Intelligence and the Têt offensive : the South Vietnamese view of the threat / Thomas L. Cubbage III -- Battles at home and abroad : the influence of Lyndon Johnson's press relations on the war in Vietnam / Kathleen J. Turner -- Canada, peacemaking, and the Vietnam War : where did Ottawa go wrong? / Douglas A. Ross |
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The last years of the war : a personal view / Harry G. Summers, Jr. -- Afterword : Vietnam, the never-ending war / Nancy Bernkopf Tucker |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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History |
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Vietnam War |
| Notes |
Papers from the Fifteenth Military History Symposium held at the Royal Military College of Canada, Mar. 1989 |
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SLA |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-190) |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Errington, Elizabeth Jane, 1951-
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McKercher, B. J. C., 1950-
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Military History Symposium (Canada) (15th : 1989 : Royal Military College of Canada)
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| LC no. |
90031188 |
| ISBN |
0275935604 (alk. paper) |
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