Triumph Forsaken

The Vietnam War, 1954-1965
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-521-86911-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 542 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 986 g

Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many new insights into the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an infusion the only means of saving the country.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moyar, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Heritage; 2. Two Vietnams, July 1954-December 1955; 3. Peaceful coexistence, 1956-1959; 4. Insurgency, 1960; 5. Commitment, 1961; 6. Rejuvenation, January-June 1962; 7. Attack, July-December 1962; 8. The battle of Ap Bac, January 1963; 9. Diem on trial, February-July 1963; 10. Betrayal, August 1963; 11. Self-destruction, September-November 2, 1963; 12. The return of the twelve warlords, November 3-December 1963; 13. Self-imposed restrictions, January-July 1964; 14. Signals, August-October 1964; 15. Invasion, November-December 1964; 16. The prize for victory, January-May 1965; 17. Decision, June-July 1965.

Über Autor(innen)

Moyar, Mark
Mark Moyar holds a B.A. summa cum laude in history from Harvard and a PhD in history from Cambridge. He is the author of Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: The CIA's Secret Campaign to Destroy the Viet Cong. Dr. Moyar has taught at Cambridge, Ohio State University, and Texas A&M University, and at present he is an Associate Professor and Course Director at the U.S. Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia.