It is also useful because it represents conservative thought on Vietnam 17 years after the fact. Bleached of all emotion, the book is well developed and well supported. Pike holds that, although not a Soviet Puppet, the North Vietnamese regime led by Ho Chi Minh was more loyal to Communism than Vietnamese Nationalism. American Historical Review , Vol. University of California Press, 1972.
Race details the course of the Vietnam war as seen from inside a Vietnamese village.
Relying primarily on interviews with villagers, Race also believes the war could have been won. Includes extensive statistical data on the war that support Race's position. Smith, R. B. An International History of the Vietnam War. 1, Revolution versus Containment, 1955-61 . St. Martin's, 1983.