This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. Revised and updated to include an examination of Vietnam through the point of view of the soldiers themselves, and brings the story up to the present day through a look at how the war has been memorialized A final chapter examines Vietnam through the lens of Oliver Stone's films and opens up a discussion of the War in popular culture Written with brevity and clarity, this concise narrative history of the Vietnam conflict is an ideal student text A chronology, glossary, and a bibliography all serve as helpful reference points for students An important contribution not only to the study of the Vietnam War but to an understanding of the larger workings of American foreign policy. (The British Library)
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Eternal war : the Vietnamese heritage
The first Indochina War, 1945-1954
The making of a quagmire, 1954-1960
The new frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963
Planning a tragedy, 1963-1965
Into the abyss, 1965-1966
The mirage of progress, 1966-1967
Tet and the year of the monkey, 1968
The beginning of the end, 1969-1970
The fall of South Vietnam, 1970-1975
Distorted images, missed opportunities, 1975-1995
Oliver Stone's Vietnam/
Verfasser*innenangabe:
James S. Olson and Randy Roberts
Jahr:
2014
Verlag:
Chichester, West Sussex, Wiley-Blackwell
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ISBN:
978-1-4443-5050-0
2. ISBN:
1-4443-5050-1
Beschreibung:
6. Auflage, XI, 305 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten
Schlagwörter:
Außenpolitik, Geschichte 1945-2006, USA, Vietnam, Geschichte, Vietnamkrieg, Amerika (USA), Auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Auswärtige Politik, EEUU (Abkürzung), Estados Unidos de America, Etats Unis, Etats-Unis, Meiguo, Nordamerika <USA>, US (Abkürzung), United States, United States of America, Vereinigte Staaten, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika, Viet-Nam, Vietnam <Sozialistische Republik>, Indochinakrieg, Landesgeschichte, Ortsgeschichte, Regionalgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte
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Sprache:
Englisch
Mediengruppe:
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