The Vietnam War
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Beschreibung
The Vietnam War endured for thirty years, cost billions of dollars, and resulted in thousands of Vietnamese, French, and American deaths. Massive American military intervention in Vietnam embroiled America in domestic protests, placed enormous strains on the western alliance, and ultimately required an alteration in U.S. global strategy.
The Vietnam War
- surveys the causes and course of the war in all its phases
- examines the historical controversies surrounding the conflict
- reflects on the military, diplomatic, political and cultural legacies of the war
- considers the continuing relevance of the war to twenty-first century international conflicts
David L. Anderson's concise overview critiques U.S. errors in magnifying the strategic importance of Southeast Asia in the Cold War, and in underestimating the strength of the Vietnamese communist movement. It is the essential guide to one of the major wars of the twentieth century.
The Vietnam War endured for thirty years, cost billions of dollars, and resulted in thousands of Vietnamese, French, and American deaths. Massive American military intervention in Vietnam embroiled America in protests, placed enormous strains on the western alliance, and altered U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and China. David L. Anderson's concise overview critiques U.S. errors in magnifying the strategic importance of South-east Asia in the Cold War and in underestimating the strength of the Vietnamese communist movement.
The Vietnam War is studied widely and this new textbook is by an awardwinning American author
Examines the ideological and cultural origins of US policy in Vietnam, and looks at the social history of the conflict within the US and Vietnam
Draws upon the most recent archival material of the Johnson and Nixon administrations
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David Anderson
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