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Vietnam - Gary R. Hess

Vietnam

Explaining America's Lost War

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Buch | Softcover
232 Seiten
2008
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (Verlag)
978-1-4051-2528-4 (ISBN)
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The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War has been the most polarizing issue within post-war American history. It was divisive at the time, both domestically and internationally, and debates continue to the present day.
In Vietnam, Gary R. Hess describes and evaluates the main arguments of scholars, participants, and journalists, both revisionist and orthodox in their approach, as they try to answer fundamental questions of the Vietnam War. * Clearly examines the historiography of the Vietnam War * Questions whether the Vietnam War was lost due to poor strategy and leadership, or was inherently doomed to failure * Includes a bibliographic essay which complements the literature discussed in the text

Gary R. Hess is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University. He is a past president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and a former chair of the U.S. State Department's Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation. His publications include Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War 1941-1945 (1998) and Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf (2001).

Preface. 1. From the Streets to the Books: The Origins of an Enduring Debate. 2. A Necessary War or a Mistaken War?. 3. "Kennedy Exceptionalism" or "Missed Opportunity for Peace" or "Lost Victory" -- The Movement toward War, 1961--1965. 4. The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat" -- The Clausewitzian Alternative. 5. The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War" -- The "Hearts-and-Minds" Prescription for Victory. 6. The Media and the War: Shaping or Reflecting Public Opinion?. 7. The Tet Offensive: A Decisive American Victory or Prolongation of Stalemate?. 8. Nixon--Kissinger and the Ending of the War: A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?". 9. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 9.4.2008
Reihe/Serie Contesting the Past
Verlagsort Chicester
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 225 mm
Gewicht 326 g
Einbandart Paperback
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4051-2528-4 / 1405125284
ISBN-13 978-1-4051-2528-4 / 9781405125284
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