num_pages: 504
description: This book provides a comprehensive narrative history of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, from 1942 to 1975--with a concluding section that traces U.S.-Vietnam relations from the end of the war in 1975 to the present. Unlike most general histories of U.S. involvement in Vietnam--which are either conventional diplomatic or military histories--this volume synthesizes the perspectives to explore both dimensions of the struggle in greater depth, elucidating more of the complexities of the U.S.-Vietnam entanglement. It explains why Americans tried so hard for so long to stop the spread of Communism into Indochina, and why they failed. KEY The Fall of The End as Prelude. A Place and A People. The Elephant and the Tiger. An Experiment in Nation Building. Raising the Stakes. Going to War. The Chain of Thunders. The Year of the Monkey. A War to End a War. The End of the Tunnel. For anyone curious to know about the long American involvement in Southeast Asia, 1942-1975.
language: English
title: Vietnam: An American Ordeal
titlecomplete: Vietnam: An American Ordeal
genres: Military Fiction, War, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 34
publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc./Pearson PLC