James M Carter

Broschiertes Buch

Inventing Vietnam

The United States and State Building, 1954-1968

Beschreibung

Carter argues that the Vietnam war resulted from failed U.S. state-building efforts in Vietnam.

Autor

James M. Carter obtained his PhD from the University of Houston in 2004 and is currently Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. His research specialties include U.S. foreign relations, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. His publications include several articles on nation building in Vietnam and private contractors in both Vietnam and Iraq as well as book reviews in Itinerario, The Journal of Military History, Education About Asia, and on H-Diplo. In summer, 2007, he was appointed a Fellow of the Summer Military History Seminar at West Point Military Academy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780521716901
• ISBN-10: 052171690X
• Artikelnr.: 25007163