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Book Synopsis Vietnam, the Definitive Documentation of Human Decisions by : Gareth Porter
Download or read book Vietnam, the Definitive Documentation of Human Decisions written by Gareth Porter and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Like the resistable rise of Adolf Hitler there was nothing inevitable about our engagement in a war in Vietnam, in 'a wrong place at a wrong time.' For this war to happen, this costliest and most protracted of all our wars, hundreds of crucial decisions had to be made. Eisenhower decided not to be a signatory to the Geneva Peace Conference of 1954. Kennedy decided to send troops. Congress, on the basis of informatioon which later proved to be false, hastily passed the Tonkin Gulf Authorization. When you read and study Vietnam: The Definitive Documentation of Human Decisions you will be amazed at the amount of manpower, brain power, imagination, personal involvement and adventurousness of the decision makers that had to underlay all the documents presented in this book. One cannot study the roots of the Vietnam War nor the course of events once we were committed to it without having at hand this massive work which documents it all" --Jacket flap.
Download or read book Vietnam written by Gareth Porter and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Johnson ∗vietnam∗ - the Definitive Documentation O F Human Decisions by : G. W. JOHNSON
Download or read book Johnson ∗vietnam∗ - the Definitive Documentation O F Human Decisions written by G. W. JOHNSON and published by . This book was released on 1979-05 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Vietnam, the Definitive Documentation of Human Decisions by : Gareth Porter
Download or read book Vietnam, the Definitive Documentation of Human Decisions written by Gareth Porter and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Like the resistable rise of Adolf Hitler there was nothing inevitable about our engagement in a war in Vietnam, in 'a wrong place at a wrong time.' For this war to happen, this costliest and most protracted of all our wars, hundreds of crucial decisions had to be made. Eisenhower decided not to be a signatory to the Geneva Peace Conference of 1954. Kennedy decided to send troops. Congress, on the basis of informatioon which later proved to be false, hastily passed the Tonkin Gulf Authorization. When you read and study Vietnam: The Definitive Documentation of Human Decisions you will be amazed at the amount of manpower, brain power, imagination, personal involvement and adventurousness of the decision makers that had to underlay all the documents presented in this book. One cannot study the roots of the Vietnam War nor the course of events once we were committed to it without having at hand this massive work which documents it all" --Jacket flap.
Book Synopsis The Aggressors by : Martin Scott Catino
Download or read book The Aggressors written by Martin Scott Catino and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vietnam 1945 written by David G. Marr and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1945: the most significant year in the modern history of Vietnam. One thousand years of dynastic politics and monarchist ideology came to an end. Eight decades of French rule lay shattered. Five years of Japanese military occupation ceased. Allied leaders determined that Chinese troops in the north of Indochina and British troops in the South would receive the Japanese surrender. Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, with himself as president. Drawing on extensive archival research, interviews, and an examination of published memoirs and documents, David G. Marr has written a richly detailed and descriptive analysis of this crucial moment in Vietnamese history. He shows how Vietnam became a vortex of intense international and domestic competition for power, and how actions in Washington and Paris, as well as Saigon, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh's mountain headquarters, interacted and clashed, often with surprising results. Marr's book probes the ways in which war and revolution sustain each other, tracing a process that will interest political scientists and sociologists as well as historians and Southeast Asia specialists.
Download or read book Vietnam written by Lloyd C. Gardner and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology examines the turmoil and conflicting advice that led the US into Vietnam and the roles played by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. For many Americans, Oliver Stone’s film JFK left no doubt that before his assassination Kennedy had determined to quit Vietnam. Yet the historical record offers a more complex view. In this fresh look at the archival evidence, noted scholars take up the challenge to provide us with their conclusions about the early decisions that put the United States on the path to the greatest American tragedy since the Civil War. The book is divided into four sections. Parts one and two delve into the political and military contexts of the early decisions. Part three raises the intriguing questions of Kennedy’s and Johnson's roles in the conflict, particularly the thorny issue of whether Kennedy did, in fact, intend to withdraw from Vietnam and whether Johnson reversed that policy. Part four reveals an uncanny parallel between early Soviet policy toward Hanoi and US policy toward Saigon.
Download or read book Vietnam written by George Donelson Moss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive narrative history of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, from 1942 to 1975--with a concluding section that traces U.S.-Vietnam relations from the end of the war in 1975 to the present. Unlike most general histories of U.S. involvement in Vietnam--which are either conventional diplomatic or military histories--this volume synthesizes the perspectives to explore both dimensions of the struggle in greater depth, elucidating more of the complexities of the U.S.-Vietnam entanglement. It explains why Americans tried so hard for so long to stop the spread of Communism into Indochina, and why they failed. Key topics: The Fall of Saigon: The End as Prelude. Vietnam: A Place and A People. The Elephant and the Tiger. An Experiment in Nation Building. Raising the Stakes. Going to War. The Chain of Thunders. The Year of the Monkey. A War to End a War. The End of the Tunnel. Market: For anyone curious to know about the long American involvement in Southeast Asia, 1942-1975.
Book Synopsis The A to Z of Vietnam by : Bruce M. Lockhart
Download or read book The A to Z of Vietnam written by Bruce M. Lockhart and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam became part of French Indochina in 1887 and did not regain its independence again until after the Vietnam War. However, despite a relatively peaceful two decades the country experienced little economic growth because of conservative leadership policies. In an effort to change this stagnation, Vietnamese authorities have committed to economic liberalization and enacted structural reforms needed to modernize the economy and to produce more competitive, export-driven industries. The A to Z of Vietnam focuses on the recent changes and leadership of Vietnam while giving due attention to the earlier kingdoms, the period of French Indochina, the wars for liberation, the Vietnam War, and much more. Hundreds of cross-referenced A to Z dictionary entries are included on political, economic, social and cultural aspects as well as the major cities and geographic features. This book also contains a chronology and introduction that traces Vietnam's history, as well as a bibliography.
Download or read book Vietnam written by Gareth Porter and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first scholarly book-length analysis of Communist Vietnam's political system. Taking advantage of the unprecedented wealth of revealing documentary material published in Vietnam since 1985, Gareth Porter offers new insights into the functioning of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its management of the Vietnamese economy and society. He examines the evolution of the system from the time the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was founded in 1945 through the 1986-1990 period of economic liberalization and cautious political reform by the successor regime, the SRV.
Download or read book Vietnam written by Stanley Karnow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy." -The Washington Post Book World This monumental narrative clarifies, analyzes, and demystifies the tragic ordeal of the Vietnam war. Free of ideological bias, profound in its undertsanding, and compassionate in its human portrayls , it is filled with fresh revelations drawn from secret documents and from exclusive interviews with participants-French, American, Vietnamese, Chinese: diplomats, military commanders, high government officials, journalists, nurses, workers, and soldiers. Originally published a companion to the Emmy-winning PBS series, Karnow's defining book is a precursor to Ken Burns's ten-part forthcoming documentary series, The Vietnam War. Vietnam: A History puts events and decisions into such sharp focus that we come to understand - and make peace with - a convulsive epoch of our recent history. "This is history writing at its best." -Chicago Sun-Times "Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination." -The New York Times
Book Synopsis The Origins of the Vietnam War by : A. Short
Download or read book The Origins of the Vietnam War written by A. Short and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the origins of the Vietnam War itself, going back to the nature of French colonial rule in the early 20th century. It investigates the original conflict between France, as well as the United States, and the forces of Vietnamese nationalism and communism. It argues that it was probably a mistake for the United States to internationalize the war in 1954 and it discusses the American commitment to the war, directed as much against China as against North Vietnam and the ideological hostility to communism.
Book Synopsis The Origins of the Vietnam War by : Fredrik Logevall
Download or read book The Origins of the Vietnam War written by Fredrik Logevall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did the US make a commitment to an independent South Vietnam? Could a major war have been averted? Fredrik Logevall provides a concise, comprehensive and accessible introduction to the origins of the Vietnam War from the end of the Indochina War in 1954 to the eruption of full-scale war in 1965, and places events against their full international background.
Download or read book The Tet Effect written by Jake Blood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines intelligence's role in shaping America's perception of the Vietnam war and looks closely at the intelligence leadership and decision process in Vietnam.
Book Synopsis Limits of Air Power by : Mark Clodfelter
Download or read book Limits of Air Power written by Mark Clodfelter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1989-05-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Limits of Air Power analyzes the American bombing campaigns in Vietnam and shows why the use of air power, so effective in previous wars, proved unsuccessful in a limited war. Major Mark Clodfelter, a military historian, assesses the American use of air power from World War II through the Vietnam War, and shows how its effectiveness declined in Vietnam when air commanders and political leaders were faced with a very different kind of conflict than they had previously experienced. During World War II there was a very clear military objective – destruction of the Axis powers, in which the critical role of air power culminated in the detonation of two atomic bombs over Japan. During the Korean War, the threat of aerial attacks against North Korean dams hastened that war’s conclusion. But in Vietnam – where the enemy fought a guerrilla war and was not dependent on supply lines, and where no industrial economy existed – the threat of air power had less effect. The lessons learned from Vietnam, says the author, must become a part of Air Force doctrine going forward, and we ignore the lessons at our own peril. The New York Times praised The Limits of Air Power as “a courageous book. . . . It will enlighten any citizen interested in knowing whether the Air Force is prepared to do its job.”
Book Synopsis The Control War by : Martin G. Clemis
Download or read book The Control War written by Martin G. Clemis and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam War—a conflict defined by an ever-evolving mixture of conventional and guerrilla warfare and mass politics—has often been called a “war without fronts.” In fact, Vietnam had a multitude of fronts, as insurgents and counterinsurgents wrestled for control throughout 44 provinces, 250 districts, and more than 11,000 hamlets. In The Control War, Martin G. Clemis focuses on South Vietnam, where a highly complex politico-military struggle fragmented the battlefield along countless divergent points of conflict as both sides sought spatial and political hegemony. Complicating the conventional view that the Vietnam War was about winning “hearts and minds,” Clemis argues that both sides were more interested in asserting control over the people—and resources—of the countryside. As in other revolutionary civil conflicts, the key to winning political power in South Vietnam was to control the physical world of territory, population, and resources, as well as the ideational world of political organization and long-term legitimacy. Despite their countervailing purposes, both insurgency and pacification provided the means to exert this control. Proponents of each approach pursued the same goals, relying on a blend of military force, political violence, and socioeconomic policy to achieve them. Revealing the unique spatiality of the Vietnam War, The Control War analyzes the ways that both sides of the conflict conceptualized and used geography and the environment to serve strategic, tactical, and political ends. Clemis shows us that the operational environment of Vietnam, both natural and human-made, was far more than a backdrop to two decades of war.
Book Synopsis The Vietnam War from the Other Side by : Cheng Guan Ang
Download or read book The Vietnam War from the Other Side written by Cheng Guan Ang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective, using western sources, and viewing the conflict through western eyes. This book, based on extensive original research, including Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources, presents a history of the war from the perspective of the Vietnamese communists. It charts relations with Moscow and Beijing, showing how the involvement of the two major communist powers changed over time, and how the Vietnamese, despite their huge dependence on the Chinese and the Soviets, were most definitely in charge of their own decision making. Overall, it provides an important corrective to the many one-sided studies of the war, and presents a very interesting new perspective.
