Michael G. Kort

The Vietnam War Reexamined

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An overview of the revisionist case on the Vietnam War, showing how it could have been won by the US at a lower cost than was suffered in defeat.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781107046405
• ISBN-10: 1107046408
• Artikelnr.: 48688256

Autorenporträt

Michael G. Kort is a Professor in the Social Sciences department of Boston University. He is the author of several books, including The Soviet Colossus: History and Aftermath (2010), The Columbia Guide to the Cold War (2001), and A Brief History of Russia (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: understanding the Vietnam War
1. The Vietnam War in history
2. Vietnam 101: origins to 1946
3. Vietnamese communism, 1920-1946
4. America comes to Vietnam, 1954-1963
5. The Americanization of the Vietnam War, 1963-1968
6. The Vietnamization of the war and the 'lost victory'
7. The Paris Peace Accords to Black April
Summary and epilogue.