The Vietnam War
Subtitle: a history in documents
By: Marilyn B. Young, John J. Fitzgerald, A. Tom Grunfeld
Contributors: Fitzgerald, John J., 1941-; Grunfeld, A. Tom
Series: Pages from history; Pages from history
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781423775232
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: Sources; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Juvenile literature; Guerre du Vie t-nam, 1961-1975
Description: Provides a social and political context for the Vietnam War, with little coverage of the actual fighting. Focuses on the official documents, speeches, quotes, media commentary, and memoirs that trace the history of French, and later, American involvements in Southeast Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: What is a document?; title: How to read a document; title: Little history, by way of introduction; title: First Indochina war; title: Vietnam approaches America ; America responds; title: Waist deep in the big muddy; title: Temporary peace ; Eisenhower's Vietnam ; Kennedy's war; title: America's war; title: War expands ; Public debate; title: Selling patriotism; title: Going to war; title: Soldiers at war ; Other voices ; Condition of the army; title: People divided; title: African-American community ; Opposition within the military; title: Nixon's war; title: My Lai ; Nixon doctrine ; Bombing Hanoi to the bargaining table; title: After the war; title: Looking back ; Legacies.