Vietnam: An American Ordeal
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ISBN-13: 9780205637409
ISBN-10: 020563740X
Pagini: 456
Dimensiuni: 175 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Prentice Hall
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
ISBN-10: 020563740X
Pagini: 456
Dimensiuni: 175 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Prentice Hall
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
Cuprins
1
Origins
of
American
Intervention
in
Southeast
Asia
The Japanese Occupy Indochina
The Vietnamese Revolution, August 1945
America Supports the French Return to Indochina
Notes
2 The French Indochina War, 1946-1954
The French Return to Indochina
Franco-Vietminh Non-Negotiations
The French Indochina War Begins
A Developing Franco-American Partnership
America Extends Containment to Southeast Asia
The Road to Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 1954
America Sees Failure and Opportunity
The Geneva Conference
Lessons from a War
Notes
3 America’s Diem Experiment
The Formation of SEATO
The Advent of Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem Struggles to Survive
The Battle for Saigon, April 27-May 3, 1955
Diem Consolidates His Regime
The Non-Elections of 1956
Social Revolution in North Vietnam
Building a Nation in South Vietnam
“Diemocracy” in Action
Roots of Revolution in South Vietnam
Hanoi Takes Control of the Southern Insurgency
Civil War in Laos
A Failing Experiment
Notes
4 America Raises the Stakes in Vietnam, 1961-1963
Cold War Crises
Crisis in Laos
Shoring Up the Diem Regime
A Limited Partnership
Social Revolution in South Vietnam
Strains in the Limited Partnership
The Buddhist Crisis, May-August, 1963
The Decline of Ngo Dinh Diem
The Fall of Ngo Dinh Diem
A Failed Limited Patnership
Notes
5 America Goes to War, 1964-1965
A Changing World Order
Doing the Same only Doing More of It
Coup Season in South Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin Incidents, August 2-4, 1964
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Election of 1964
Origins of the Air War over North Vietnam
The American Ground War in South Vietnam Begins
Lyndon Johnson Americanizes the Vietnam War
Notes
6 Waging Limited War in Vietnam, 1965-1968
The Concept of Limited War
Initial Search and Destroy Operations
Ia Drang: The Battle That Transformed a War
Escalating the War on the Ground, 1966
The Big Unit War, 1967
War in the Central Highlands and Northern Provinces
The Limits of Attrition Warfare
Rolling Thunder: The Air War Against North Vietnam, 1965-1968
Arc Light: The South Vietnam Air Campaigns, 1965-1968
The Air War in Laos, 1964-1968
Notes
7 The Politics and Diplomacy of War, 1965-1968
General Ky Takes Charge in South Vietnam
The Buddhist Revolt: The Struggle Movement, 1966
Pacification Efforts in South Vietnam
Political Reforms in South Vietnam
Diplomatic Charades, 1965-1968
Cracks in the Cold War Consensus, 1965-1966
The War At Home, 1967
Fighting the Vietnam Era Draft
Lyndon Johnson Promotes the War in Vietnam
Notes
8 The Tet Offensive, January 30-March 31, 1968
The Battles That Changed the Course of the War
Hanoi Plans a General Offensive
Surprise Attack!
Siege at Khe Sanh
Stalemate
U. S. Military Leaders Propose to Widen the War
The Clifford Task Force
Johnson Agonistes
Political Shocks
Economic Crises
The “Wise Men” Opt Out of the War
The Speech, Mar 31, 1968
Notes
9 Aftermath of the Tet Offensive, April-December, 1968
Vietnam: The First Televised War
1968: The Bloodiest Year of the War
Massacre at My Lai
Pacification and the Beginnings of Vietnamization
The Election of 1968
Notes
10 Nixon’s Vietnam War, 1969-1971
Nixon Takes Control
Vietnamization: Shifting the Burden of Fighting
Mobilizing against the Vietnam War, October-November, 1969
The Battle of Hamburger Hill
The Decline of the U. S. Army
Widening the War: Cambodia, April 29, 1970
Kent State and the Revival of Student Protest
Congressional Opposition to the Vietnam War
Widening the War: Laos, February 8, 1971
Project Phoenix and the Limits of Pacification
Notes
11 Nixon’s Vietnam War, 1971-1973
New Proposals Revive the Peace Talks
A War Weary Nation
The Pentagon Papers
The NVA Easter Offensive, 1972
Linebacker I: Nixon Revives the Air War Against North Vietnam
Negotiating An End to the American War in Vietnam
Linebacker II: The Christmas Bombings, December 18-29, 1972
The Final Phase of Negotiations, January 1973
Neither Peace Nor Honor: The Paris Accords, January 27, 1973
Notes
12 Ending the War: Decline and Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975
Homecoming: The Release of the POWs, February-March, 1973
The Postwar War: War Continues in South Vietnam
The Decay of South Vietnam: Corruption and Economic Collapse
The Final Offensive, December 1974-April 1975
The Ho Chi Minh Offensive, April 5-30, 1975
America Abandons Cambodia
America Abandons Laos
America Abandons South Vietnam
The Fall of Saigon, April 27-30, 1975
Why We Lost and They Won
The Costs of a Losing War
Notes
13 Legacies of A War
The Endless War, 1975-1992
Normalizing Relations, 1992-1995
Developing Commercial and Diplomatic Relations, 1995-2008
Vietnam Veterans Come Home
The Wall: The Vietnam War Memorial
Vietnamese in America
The Specter of Vietnam
Notes
TABLES
GLOSSARY
Chronology of American Intervention in Vietnam, 1954-1975
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
The Japanese Occupy Indochina
The Vietnamese Revolution, August 1945
America Supports the French Return to Indochina
Notes
2 The French Indochina War, 1946-1954
The French Return to Indochina
Franco-Vietminh Non-Negotiations
The French Indochina War Begins
A Developing Franco-American Partnership
America Extends Containment to Southeast Asia
The Road to Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 1954
America Sees Failure and Opportunity
The Geneva Conference
Lessons from a War
Notes
3 America’s Diem Experiment
The Formation of SEATO
The Advent of Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem Struggles to Survive
The Battle for Saigon, April 27-May 3, 1955
Diem Consolidates His Regime
The Non-Elections of 1956
Social Revolution in North Vietnam
Building a Nation in South Vietnam
“Diemocracy” in Action
Roots of Revolution in South Vietnam
Hanoi Takes Control of the Southern Insurgency
Civil War in Laos
A Failing Experiment
Notes
4 America Raises the Stakes in Vietnam, 1961-1963
Cold War Crises
Crisis in Laos
Shoring Up the Diem Regime
A Limited Partnership
Social Revolution in South Vietnam
Strains in the Limited Partnership
The Buddhist Crisis, May-August, 1963
The Decline of Ngo Dinh Diem
The Fall of Ngo Dinh Diem
A Failed Limited Patnership
Notes
5 America Goes to War, 1964-1965
A Changing World Order
Doing the Same only Doing More of It
Coup Season in South Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin Incidents, August 2-4, 1964
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Election of 1964
Origins of the Air War over North Vietnam
The American Ground War in South Vietnam Begins
Lyndon Johnson Americanizes the Vietnam War
Notes
6 Waging Limited War in Vietnam, 1965-1968
The Concept of Limited War
Initial Search and Destroy Operations
Ia Drang: The Battle That Transformed a War
Escalating the War on the Ground, 1966
The Big Unit War, 1967
War in the Central Highlands and Northern Provinces
The Limits of Attrition Warfare
Rolling Thunder: The Air War Against North Vietnam, 1965-1968
Arc Light: The South Vietnam Air Campaigns, 1965-1968
The Air War in Laos, 1964-1968
Notes
7 The Politics and Diplomacy of War, 1965-1968
General Ky Takes Charge in South Vietnam
The Buddhist Revolt: The Struggle Movement, 1966
Pacification Efforts in South Vietnam
Political Reforms in South Vietnam
Diplomatic Charades, 1965-1968
Cracks in the Cold War Consensus, 1965-1966
The War At Home, 1967
Fighting the Vietnam Era Draft
Lyndon Johnson Promotes the War in Vietnam
Notes
8 The Tet Offensive, January 30-March 31, 1968
The Battles That Changed the Course of the War
Hanoi Plans a General Offensive
Surprise Attack!
Siege at Khe Sanh
Stalemate
U. S. Military Leaders Propose to Widen the War
The Clifford Task Force
Johnson Agonistes
Political Shocks
Economic Crises
The “Wise Men” Opt Out of the War
The Speech, Mar 31, 1968
Notes
9 Aftermath of the Tet Offensive, April-December, 1968
Vietnam: The First Televised War
1968: The Bloodiest Year of the War
Massacre at My Lai
Pacification and the Beginnings of Vietnamization
The Election of 1968
Notes
10 Nixon’s Vietnam War, 1969-1971
Nixon Takes Control
Vietnamization: Shifting the Burden of Fighting
Mobilizing against the Vietnam War, October-November, 1969
The Battle of Hamburger Hill
The Decline of the U. S. Army
Widening the War: Cambodia, April 29, 1970
Kent State and the Revival of Student Protest
Congressional Opposition to the Vietnam War
Widening the War: Laos, February 8, 1971
Project Phoenix and the Limits of Pacification
Notes
11 Nixon’s Vietnam War, 1971-1973
New Proposals Revive the Peace Talks
A War Weary Nation
The Pentagon Papers
The NVA Easter Offensive, 1972
Linebacker I: Nixon Revives the Air War Against North Vietnam
Negotiating An End to the American War in Vietnam
Linebacker II: The Christmas Bombings, December 18-29, 1972
The Final Phase of Negotiations, January 1973
Neither Peace Nor Honor: The Paris Accords, January 27, 1973
Notes
12 Ending the War: Decline and Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975
Homecoming: The Release of the POWs, February-March, 1973
The Postwar War: War Continues in South Vietnam
The Decay of South Vietnam: Corruption and Economic Collapse
The Final Offensive, December 1974-April 1975
The Ho Chi Minh Offensive, April 5-30, 1975
America Abandons Cambodia
America Abandons Laos
America Abandons South Vietnam
The Fall of Saigon, April 27-30, 1975
Why We Lost and They Won
The Costs of a Losing War
Notes
13 Legacies of A War
The Endless War, 1975-1992
Normalizing Relations, 1992-1995
Developing Commercial and Diplomatic Relations, 1995-2008
Vietnam Veterans Come Home
The Wall: The Vietnam War Memorial
Vietnamese in America
The Specter of Vietnam
Notes
TABLES
GLOSSARY
Chronology of American Intervention in Vietnam, 1954-1975
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Caracteristici
- A
blending
of
American
and
Vietnamese
(North
and
South)
political,
diplomatic,
and
military
history–Includes
the
Vietnamese
historical
context,
as
well
as
the
French
effort
to
re-impose
colonialism
on
the
Vietnamese
people.
- Shows
students
the
interplay
of
two
national
cultures
caught
in
a
violent
entanglement
that
endured
for
nearly
thirty
years.
- Shows
students
the
interplay
of
two
national
cultures
caught
in
a
violent
entanglement
that
endured
for
nearly
thirty
years.
- The
Cold
War
influence–Suggests
a
larger
context
for
understanding
America's
long
entanglement
in
Vietnam
as
an
episode
in
the
forty-year
Cold
War
conflict
between
the
United
States
and
the
Soviet
Union.
- Shows
students
that
American
involvement
in
southeast
Asia
is
best
understood
as
a
concerted
effort,
over
a
long
period
of
time,
to
thwart
the
Vietnamese
national
revolution,
which
was
also
a
social
revolution,
backed
by
the
Soviet
Union,
the
People's
Republic
of
China,
and
the
East
European
bloc.
- Shows
students
that
American
involvement
in
southeast
Asia
is
best
understood
as
a
concerted
effort,
over
a
long
period
of
time,
to
thwart
the
Vietnamese
national
revolution,
which
was
also
a
social
revolution,
backed
by
the
Soviet
Union,
the
People's
Republic
of
China,
and
the
East
European
bloc.
- U.S.
domestic
politics
and
perspectives
on
the
war–Includes
extensive
coverage
of
the
various
antiwar
movements.
- Demonstrates
that
antiwar
movement
had
little
impact
on
public
opinion
and
no
discernible
impact
on
U.S.
war
policy.
- Demonstrates
that
antiwar
movement
had
little
impact
on
public
opinion
and
no
discernible
impact
on
U.S.
war
policy.
- An
analysis
of
the
media
coverage
of
the
war,
particularly
TV
news
coverage.
- Shows
students
that
media
coverage
did
not
turn
Americans
against
the
war.
- Shows
students
that
media
coverage
did
not
turn
Americans
against
the
war.
- Exceptional selection of maps and photographs–Includes all the dramatic photos of the war, and a lot of photos exclusive to this text.
- A
highly-praised,
clear,
easy-to-read
style–Describes,
analyzes,
and
interprets
events
in
language
that
makes
sense
and
is
a
pleasure
to
read.
- Captures
students'
interest
and
keeps
them
reading.
- Captures
students'
interest
and
keeps
them
reading.
- Pedagogic
aids–Includes
a
pronunciation
guide
for
Vietnamese
words,
statistical
tables,
glossary,
chronology,
and
bibliography.
- Provides
convenient
in-text
study/review
aids.
- Provides
convenient
in-text
study/review
aids.
Caracteristici noi
The
sixth
edition
ofVietnam:
An
American
Ordeal,has
undergone
an
extensive
revision
and
a
considerable
amount
of
new
material
has
been
added
in
an
effort
to
improve
readability
and
to
incorporate
the
vast
body
of
new
scholarship
on
the
war.
· Chapter 2offers an updated account of the 1954 Geneva Conference.
· Chapter 3has been extensively revised and reorganized, particularly in its portrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, the man who emerged as the first leader of South Vietnam. The chapter provides important new insights into 1950s U. S. political culture and the role of the press in promoting the American Diem experiment in southern Vietnam.
· Chapter 4challenges the assertion that had Kennedy lived, he would have brought a prompt end to the war.
· Chapter 5seeks to resolve one of the major controversies of the American Vietnam War: Whether or not there was an attack on U. S. warships the night of August 4, 1964, in the Gulf of Tonkin–an incident which formed the basis of President Johnson’s dramatic escalation of the conflict.
· Chapter 6offers a more complex evaluation of the air war, examining its partial successes rather than just its failures.
· Chapter 8now recognizes that U. S. and South Vietnamese forces did not achieve a major strategic victory over VietCong and North Vietnamese forces but instead scored victories only in the narrowest military sense. After suffering serious losses in the Tet-68 campaigns, the North Vietnamese continued supporting the southern insurgency and the VietCong continued recruiting soldiers and disrupting South Vietnamese pacification efforts.
· Chapter 9challenges more emphatically the popular notion that media coverage, particularly television news, contributed to the American defeat in Vietnam.
· Chapter 11reexamines the efforts of the Nixon administration to prevent the collapse of South Vietnam.
· Chapter 13, new to the sixth edition, examines the legacy of the Vietnam War.
· Throughout the sixth edition, key terms defined in the glossary at the end of the book appear in bold type in the text.
· Chapter 2offers an updated account of the 1954 Geneva Conference.
· Chapter 3has been extensively revised and reorganized, particularly in its portrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, the man who emerged as the first leader of South Vietnam. The chapter provides important new insights into 1950s U. S. political culture and the role of the press in promoting the American Diem experiment in southern Vietnam.
· Chapter 4challenges the assertion that had Kennedy lived, he would have brought a prompt end to the war.
· Chapter 5seeks to resolve one of the major controversies of the American Vietnam War: Whether or not there was an attack on U. S. warships the night of August 4, 1964, in the Gulf of Tonkin–an incident which formed the basis of President Johnson’s dramatic escalation of the conflict.
· Chapter 6offers a more complex evaluation of the air war, examining its partial successes rather than just its failures.
· Chapter 8now recognizes that U. S. and South Vietnamese forces did not achieve a major strategic victory over VietCong and North Vietnamese forces but instead scored victories only in the narrowest military sense. After suffering serious losses in the Tet-68 campaigns, the North Vietnamese continued supporting the southern insurgency and the VietCong continued recruiting soldiers and disrupting South Vietnamese pacification efforts.
· Chapter 9challenges more emphatically the popular notion that media coverage, particularly television news, contributed to the American defeat in Vietnam.
· Chapter 11reexamines the efforts of the Nixon administration to prevent the collapse of South Vietnam.
· Chapter 13, new to the sixth edition, examines the legacy of the Vietnam War.
· Throughout the sixth edition, key terms defined in the glossary at the end of the book appear in bold type in the text.