The Vietnam War. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• 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: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 152 pages), map
• Subjects: 959.704/3; Military history; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States; HISTORY -- Military -- Vietnam War; Politics and government; Vietnam-oorlog; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780230801813; 0230801811
• Related ISBNs: 9780333963364
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-147) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• 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).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.