Anderson The Vietnam War

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-230-80181-3
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Twentieth Century Wars

The Vietnam War endured for thirty years, cost billions of dollars, and resulted in thousands of Vietnamese, French, and American deaths. Massive American military intervention in Vietnam embroiled America in protests, placed enormous strains on the western alliance, and altered U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and China. David L. Anderson's concise overview critiques U.S. errors in magnifying the strategic importance of South-east Asia in the Cold War and in underestimating the strength of the Vietnamese communist movement.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, David

Anderson, David L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Map.- Preface.- Causes: Colonialism and Containment.- Commitments: Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem.- Credibility: Lyndon Johnson's War.- Contention: Antiwar Protests, the Tet Offensive, and a Tumultuous Election.- Consequences: Richard Nixon's War.- Conclusions: Peace at Last and Lasting Legacies.- Selective Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID L. ANDERSON is Dean of the College of Undergraduate Programs at California State University, Monterey Bay. He is the author or editor of five previous books on the Vietnam War, including the award-winning books Trapped by Success: The Eisenhower Administration and Vietnam (1991) and The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War (2002).