The real history of the Vietnam War A new look at the past
Book - 2013
"Examines the history of Vietnam leading up to the war, investigates the reasons for the conflict, looks at the war's escalation and progression (or lack thereof), and explores its repercussions then and now"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Sterling
c2013.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Series statement from front flap of jacket.
- Physical Description
- xi, 371 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-361), filmography (p. 361) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781402790256
- Dramatis Personae
- Author's Note
- Part 1. Empire, Ideology, Humanity
- Chapter 1. People of the Great Viet
- Chapter 2. Toward the Twilight of Empire
- Chapter 3. From World War to Dirty War
- Chapter 4. Propping Up the Domino
- Part 2. Insurgency
- Chapter 5. The Torch Is Passed
- Chapter 6. Victor Charlie
- Part 3. Johnson's War
- Chapter 7. The Peace Candidate
- Chapter 8. An Inch at a Time
- Chapter 9. Main Force
- Chapter 10. The Tet Paradox
- Part 3. Nixon's War
- Chapter 11. "The Whole World Is Watching"
- Chapter 12. Vietnamization and Demoralization
- Chapter 13. They Were All the Enemy
- Chapter 14. Tricky Dick
- Chapter 15. Decline and Fall
- Part 5. Wake
- Chapter 16. Collateral Damage
- Chapter 17. Lessons Learned, Lessons Unlearned
- Appendix:
- Vietnam War Timeline
- Live and in Person
- Read More, See More
- Index
- Picture Credits
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