| Description |
xii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Publications of the German Historical Institute |
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Publications of the German Historical Institute.
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| Contents |
Preface / Detlef Junker -- Introduction America's war and the world / Andreas W. Daum / Lloyd C. Gardner / Wilfried Mausbach -- PART ONE. RELOCATING VIETNAM: COMPARISONS IN TIME AND SPACE -- Colonial war in a postcolonial era: the United States' occupation of Vietnam / Michael Adas -- Visions of the Asian periphery: Vietnam (1964-1968) and the Philippines (1898-1900) / Fabian Hilfrich -- Challenge of revolutions and the emergence of nation-states: British reactions to the foundation of the United States and American responses to the socialist republic of Vietnam, 1780-1980 / T. Christopher Jespersen -- Peripheral war: a recipe for disaster? The United States in Vietnam and Japan in China / John Prados -- Panmunjom and Paris armistices: patterns of war termination / Jeffrey Kimball -- Versailles and Vietnam: coming to terms with war / Sabine Behrenbeck -- PART TWO. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE DYNAMICS OF ALLIANCE POLITICS -- Who paid for America's war? Vietnam and the international monetary system, 1960-1975 / Hubert Zimmermann -- America isolated: the Western powers and the escalation of the war / Fredrik Logevall -- Bamboo in the shadows: relations between the United States and Thailand during the Vietnam War / Arne Kislenko -- Strategic concerns of a regional power: Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War / Peter Edwards -- People's warfare versus peaceful coexistence: Vietnam and the Sino-Soviet struggle for ideological supremacy / Eva-Maria Stolberg -- PART THREE. RECASTING VIETNAM: DOMESTIC SCENES AND DISCOURSES -- Center-left government in Italy and the escalation of the Vietnam War / Leopoldo Nuti -- Auschwitz and Vietnam: West German protest against America's war during the 1960s / Wilfried Mausbach -- World peace council and the antiwar movement in East Germany / Günter Wernike -- All power to the imagination! Antiwar activism and emerging feminism in the late 1960s / Barbara L. Tischler -- Vietnam: many wars? / Lloyd C. Gardner |
| Summary |
This book presents new perspectives on the Vietnam War, its global repercussions, and the role of this war in modern history. The volume reveals 'America's War' as an international event that reverberated all over the world: in domestic settings of numerous nation-states, combatants and non-combatants alike, as well as in transnational relations and alliance systems. The volume thereby covers a wide geographical range-from Berkeley and Berlin to Cambodia and Canberra. The essays address political, military, and diplomatic issues no less than cultural and intellectual consequences of 'Vietnam'." -- Half t.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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World politics -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Daum, Andreas W.
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Gardner, Lloyd C., 1934-
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Mausbach, Wilfried, 1964-
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| LC no. |
2002074045 |
| ISBN |
0521810485 hardback |
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052100876X paperback |
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