Anderson The Columbia History of the Vietnam War

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-50932-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Ost-West Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: The Vietnam War and Its Enduring Historical Relevance
David L. Anderson
Part I. Chronological Perspectives
1. Setting the Stage: Vietnamese Revolutionary Nationalism and the First Vietnam War, by Mark Philip Bradley
2. "Dealing with a Government of Madmen": Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem, by Richard H. Immerman
3. South Vietnam Under Siege, 1961–1965: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Question of Escalation or Disengagement, by Gary R. Hess
4. Lyndon Johnson and the Bombing of Vietnam: Politics and Military Choices, by Lloyd C. Gardner
5. Turning Point: The Vietnam War's Pivotal Year, November 1967–November 1968, by Robert J. McMahon
6. Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War: The Paradox of Disengagement with Escalation, by Jeffrey P. Kimball
Part II. Topical Perspectives
7. American Strategy in the Vietnam War, by John Prados
8. The Village War in Vietnam, 1965–1973, by Eric Bergerud
9. Fighting for Family: Vietnamese Women and the American War, by Helen E. Anderson
10. Vietnamese Society at War, by Robert K. Brigham
11. "Hey, Hey, LBJ!": American Domestic Politics and the Vietnam War, by Melvin Small
12. Cambodia and Laos in the Vietnam War, by Kenton Clymer
Part III. Postwar Perspectives
13. The Legacy of the Vietnam War, by Robert D. Schulzinger
14. The Vietnam Syndrome, by George C. Herring
List of Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David L. Anderson is professor of history emeritus at California State University, Monterey Bay, and past president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. His books include Trapped by Success: The Eisenhower Administration and Vietnam and The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War.