| Description |
xiv, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Columbia guides to American history and cultures |
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Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Historical Narrative -- 1. Studying the Vietnam War -- 2. Vietnam: Historical Background -- Roots of the Vietnamese Culture and State -- The Impact of French Colonialism -- The Rise of Vietnamese Nationalism -- The Origins of Vietnamese Communism -- 3. United States: Historical Background -- Idealism and Realism in U.S. Foreign Relations -- The United States and the Open Door in Asia -- The World Wars: The Legacies of Wilson and Munich -- The Origins of the Cold War -- 4. The French War in Vietnam -- The August Revolution -- Outbreak of the Franco-Vietminh War -- U.S. Support of France in Indochina -- Dienbienphu and the Geneva Conference -- 5. The Diem Years: Eisenhower -- The Decision to Back Ngo Dinh Diem -- The Non-election of 1956 -- The Illusion of Nation Building -- NLF: Rise of the Southern Insurgency -- 6. The Diem Years: Kennedy -- Counterinsurgency Warfare -- The Buddhist Crisis -- The Diem Assassination -- What If Kennedy Had Lived? -- |
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7. The American War in Vietnam: Escalation -- The Gulf of Tonkin Incident -- Rolling Thunder -- Johnson Decides on a Land War in Asia -- Theories of Causation -- 8. The American War in Vietnam: Strategy -- The Draft -- Attrition Strategy and Body Count -- Humpin' It: The American Soldier -- The Air War -- Diplomacy -- The Resilient Enemy -- 9. The American War in Vietnam: The Limits of Power -- The Tet Offensive -- The Antiwar Movement and the Media -- Johnson's Decision to Stop Escalation -- The Presidential Election of 1968 -- 10. The American War in Vietnam: De-escalation -- Vietnamization and More Bombing -- Cambodia and Kent State -- Negotiations and the Paris Peace Accords -- DRV Victory in 1975 -- 11. The War That Will Not Go Away -- The Postwar Wars in Southeast Asia -- American Vietnam Veterans -- Films, Fiction, and Poetry -- Postmortems -- Pt. II. The Vietnam War from A to Z -- Pt. III. Chronology -- Pt. IV. Resource Guide -- 1. General Works -- |
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2. History of Southeast Asia and U.S. Foreign Relations -- 3. The Diem Years -- 4. North Vietnam and the Vietcong -- 5. Escalation of the American War -- 6. The American Way of War -- 7. The Limits of American Power -- 8. The End of the American War -- 9. The Legacy of the Vietnam War -- 10. Films and Documentaries -- 11. Electronic Resources -- Pt. V. Appendices.rtan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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Armed Conflicts.
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History, 20th Century.
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Vietnam Conflict.
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Warfare.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia, Southeastern. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001210 |
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Asia, Southeastern. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001210 |
| LC no. |
2002020143 |
| ISBN |
0231114923 : |
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0231114931 |
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9780231114936 |
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