The Vietnam War as History

Herausgeber: Errington, Elizabeth Jane; Mckercher, B. J. C.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

.Through the lenses of history this important book probes the events in Southeast Asia in the thirty years after 1945. This book compiles the most current scholarly interpretations on the causes and outcome of the Vietnam War. The contributors reflect on and discuss various aspects of the Vietnam conflicts and clear away many of the misconceptions and myths that still surround the wars. They try to understand how and why events in Southeast Asia happened as they did, and the impact they had both regionally and globally. A useful reference for any scholar of the Vietnam War, The Vietnam War as History will appeal to the general reader as well, particularly those who served in Vietnam. The chapters offer a diverse set of approaches of the war. Many of the contributors disagree philosophically on the causes and nature of the conflict. Some--Thomas Cubbage and Harry Summers--write from their personal involvement in the war. Others take a more detached view. And still others seek to provide further insight into some of the twisted questions that surrounded the conflict. All are united in their attempts to come to terms with the wars in Vietnam as a distinct historical event.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9780275935603
• ISBN-10: 0275935604
• Artikelnr.: 21123928

Autorenporträt

ELIZABETH JANE ERRINGTON is an American historian, teaching American foreign policy at the Royal Military College of Canada. B.J.C. McKERCHER is an international and diplomatic historian in Anglo-American Relations who teaches at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by B.J.C. McKercher and E.J. Errington The Vietnam Analogy and
the "Lessons" of History by George C. Herring The First Vietnam War:
Aftershocks in the East by Peter M. Dunn The 1954 Geneva Conference: After
a Decent Interval by James Cable The Origins of American Intervention in
Vietnam by George McT. Kahin Laos: The Escalation of a Secret War by Sandra
Taylor Intelligence and the Têt Offensive: The South Vietnamese View of the
Threat by Tom L. Cubbage III Battles at Home and Abroad: The Influence of
Lyndon Johnson's Press Relations on the War in Vietnam by Kathleen J.
Turner Canada, Peacemaking and the Vietnam War: Where Did Ottawa Go Wrong?
by Douglas A. Ross The Last Years of the War: A Personal View by Harry G.
Summers, Jr. Afterword: Vietnam the Never Ending War by Nancy Bernkopf
Tucker Selected Bibliography Index