The Vietnam War. (2005)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The Vietnam War. (2005)
- Main Title:
- The Vietnam War
- Further Information:
- Note: David L. Anderson.
- Other Names:
- Anderson, David L, 1946-
- Contents:
- 1. Causes : colonialism and containment -- The origins of Vietnam -- French colonialism -- Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese communism -- The Franco-Vietminh War -- The United States and the Franco-Vietminh War -- 2. Commitments : Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem -- The end of the Franco-Vietminh War -- The US decision to support South Vietnam -- Nation building in South Vietnam -- John F. Kennedy and counterinsurgency warfare -- 3. Credibility : Lyndon Johnson's war -- To the Gulf of Tonkin -- Americanization of the war -- American strategy -- Stalemate -- 4. Contention : antiwar protests, the Tet Offensive, and a tumultuous election -- Antiwar movement -- Tet -- Combat without compromise -- Election of 1968 -- 5. Consequences : Richard Nixon's war -- More bombs and fewer troops -- Cambodia and Kent State -- Stalemate continues -- The Paris agreement to end the war -- 6. Conclusions : peace at last and lasting legacies -- Brother enemies -- Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos after the war -- US post-war issues -- Lessons and legacies.
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (168 pages)
- Subjects:
- 959.704/3
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 -- États-Unis
Politics and government
Vietnam-oorlog
Vietnamkrieg
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 - États-Unis
Kriegsursache
Vietnamkrieg
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1945-1989
United States
USA
États-Unis - Politique et gouvernement - 1945-1989
USA
Vietnam - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137130204
1137130202 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.48343
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