Why The North Won The Vietnam War
Editor Gilbert (North Georgia Coll. and State Univ.; The Vietnam  War on Campus) has brought together nine leading authorities on  Vietnam to discuss the difficult issue of how a superpower was  defeated by a nominally inferior Third World state. While many  academic libraries may exercise caution in these economically  stressful times in purchasing expensive collections of essays, this particular work deserves a second glance. Scholars such as  Jeffrey Record, George C. Herring, William J. Duiker, and John  Prados and their colleagues in this volume provide both depth  and breadth to any discussion of the wars in mid-century  Southeast Asia, and their attempts at clarifying the factors  behind North Vietnamese success and U.S. and South Vietnamese  failure will certainly elevate scholarly debate on the topic.  This formidable collection covers foreign and domestic policy,  military tactics and strategy, and the usually neglected  cultural questions surrounding the fall of South Vietnam to the  Communist North. A valuable addition to academic libraries.John  R. Vallely, Siena Coll. Lib., Loudonville, NYCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.