Rethinking the Vietnam War
By: John Dumbrell
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave; Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780333984918
Subjects: HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; Diplomatic history; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; Influence
Description: "This incisive new text provides a broad-ranging reassessment of the Vietnam war and its political and historical significance for America, Vietnam itself, their allies, the region and the world. John Dumbrell re-examines recurrent myths and assumptions and highlights areas of dispute still outstanding today"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Rethinking the Vietnam War The Developing War Lyndon Johnson's War The Tet Offensive Nixon's War The Antiwar Movement The Military Dimension Understanding the Vietnamese Revolution Endings and Reverberations.