The Columbia history of the Vietnam War / edited, with an introduction, by David L. Anderson.

Other author Anderson, David L., 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiv, 462 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: The Vietnam War and its enduring historical relevance / David L. Anderson -- pt. 1. Chronological perspectives -- Setting the stage : Vietnamese revolutionary nationalism and the first Vietnam War / Mark Philip Bradley -- "Dealing with a government of madmen" : Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem / Richard H. Immerman -- South Vietnam under siege, 1961-1965 : Kennedy, Johnson, and the question of escalation or disengagement / Gary R. Hess -- Lyndon Johnson and the bombing of Vietnam : politics and military choices / Lloyd C. Gardner -- Turning point : the Vietnam War's pivotal year, November 1967-November 1968 / Robert J. McMahon -- Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War : the paradox of disengagement with escalation / Jeffrey P. Kimball -- pt. 2. Topical perspectives -- American strategy in the Vietnam War / John Prados -- The village war in Vietnam, 1965-1973 / Eric Bergerud -- Fighting for family : Vietnamese women and the American war / Helen E. Anderson -- Vietnamese society at war / Robert K. Brigham -- "Hey, hey, LBJ!" : American domestic politics and the Vietnam War / Melvin Small -- Cambodia and Laos in the Vietnam War / Kenton Clymer -- pt. 3. Postwar perspectives -- The legacy of the Vietnam War / Robert D. Schulzinger -- The Vietnam syndrome / George C. Herring.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010018853
ISBN9780231134804 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231134800

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Joyner General Stacks DS557.7 .C64 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold