Confronting Vietnam
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Confronting Vietnam
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Author : Ilya V. Gaiduk
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2003
Confronting Vietnam written by Ilya V. Gaiduk and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Based on extensive research in the Russian archives, this book examines the Soviet approach to the Vietnam conflict between the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina and late 1963, when the overthrow of the South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem and the assassination of John F. Kennedy radically transformed the conflict. The author finds that the USSR attributed no geostrategic importance to Indochina and did not want the crisis there to disrupt détente. The Russians had high hopes that the Geneva accords would bring years of peace in the region. Gradually disillusioned, they tried to strengthen North Vietnam, but would not support unification of North and South. By the early 1960s, however, they felt obliged to counter the American embrace of an aggressively anti-Communist regime in South Vietnam and the hostility of its former ally, the People's Republic of China. Finally, Moscow decided to disengage from Vietnam, disappointed that its efforts to avert an international crisis there had failed.
Confronting The War Machine
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Author : Michael S. Foley
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2003
Confronting The War Machine written by Michael S. Foley and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Focusing on the draft resistance movement in Boston in 1967-68, this study argues that these acts of mass civil disobedience turned the tide in the antiwar movement by drawing the Johnson administration into a confrontation with activists who were largely young, middle-class, liberal, and from suburban backgrounds--the core of Johnson's constituency.
The War Behind Me
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Author : Deborah Nelson
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2008-10-28
The War Behind Me written by Deborah Nelson and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-28 with History categories.
In 2005, Deborah Nelson joined forces with military historian Nick Turse to investigate an extraordinary archive: the largest compilation of records on Vietnam-era war crimes ever to surface. The declassified Army papers were erroneously released and have since been pulled from public circulation. Few civilians have seen the documents. The files contain reports of more than 300 confirmed atrocities, and 500 other cases the Army either couldn't't prove or didn't't investigate. The archive has letters of complaint to generals and congressmen, as well as reports of Army interviews with hundreds of men who served. Far from being limited to a few bad actors or rogue units, atrocities occurred in every Army division that saw combat in Vietnam. Torture of detainees was routine; so was the random killing of farmers in fields and women and children in villages. Punishment for these acts was either nonexistent or absurdly light. In most cases, no one was prosecuted at all. In The War Behind Me Deborah Nelson goes beyond the documents and talks with many of those who were involved, both accusers and accused, to uncover their stories and learn how they deal with one of the most awful secrets of the Vietnam War.
Facing My Lai
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Author : David L. Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Facing My Lai written by David L. Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
But these questions are asked again in the hope that they might lead to a better understanding of what My Lai means for us now.
American Confusion From Vietnam To Kosovo
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Author : William R. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001
American Confusion From Vietnam To Kosovo written by William R. Taylor and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Dr. Taylor presents an original theory of the dynamics of confusion in governments and in the lives of ordinary citizens. His model postulates a vicious cycle in which the causes of confusion evoke coping tactics which often worsen those causes. One of the most destructive coping tactics, “Find-an-Enemy-and-Lose-Your-Confusion” spawns conflict and increases the lies and other information pathology already circulating. “Exports” from this vicious cycle include environmental depredation, political oppression, war and death. Using his model, he illuminates the binds entrapping Robert McNamara and Lyndon Johnson as they expanded the Vietnam War in 1965. He then extends the theory using fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs), and submits the model to the ultimate test: forecasting in “real time” certain events in the 1999 NATO-Serbia War and its aftermath. He published these predictions on his web site during and after that war. This project represents the first use of FCMs to forecast political-military events in real time. The concluding chapters test whether a knowledge of confusion dynamics will increase empathy between opponents, and whether the model is useful for planning humanitarian efforts by betterment organizations.
A Study Of The Problems Facing Vietnam Era Veterans On Their Readjustment To Civilian Life
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Author : Louis Harris and Associates
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
A Study Of The Problems Facing Vietnam Era Veterans On Their Readjustment To Civilian Life written by Louis Harris and Associates and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Social adjustment categories.
The Columbia Guide To The Vietnam War
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Author : David L. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2002-07-10
The Columbia Guide To The Vietnam War written by David L. Anderson and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-10 with History categories.
More than a quarter of a century after the last Marine Corps Huey left the American embassy in Saigon, the lessons and legacies of the most divisive war in twentieth-century American history are as hotly debated as ever. Why did successive administrations choose little-known Vietnam as the "test case" of American commitment in the fight against communism? Why were the "best and brightest" apparently blind to the illegitimacy of the state of South Vietnam? Would Kennedy have pulled out had he lived? And what lessons regarding American foreign policy emerged from the war? The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War helps readers understand this tragic and complex conflict. The book contains both interpretive information and a wealth of facts in easy-to-find form. Part I provides a lucid narrative overview of contested issues and interpretations in Vietnam scholarship. Part II is a mini-encyclopedia with descriptions and analysis of individuals, events, groups, and military operations. Arranged alphabetically, this section enables readers to look up isolated facts and specialized terms. Part III is a chronology of key events. Part IV is an annotated guide to resources, including films, documentaries, CD-ROMs, and reliable Web sites. Part V contains excerpts from historical documents and statistical data.
Vietnam
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Author : D.R. SarDesai
language : en
Publisher: Westview Press
Release Date : 2005-02-04
Vietnam written by D.R. SarDesai and has been published by Westview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-04 with History categories.
Recent U.S. military interventions in Kosovo and Iraq have stirred public memories of the long and costly Vietnam conflict. Scholars and strategists, military leaders and media continue to raise questions such as what motivated the Vietnamese to wage a protracted conflict first against the French and later against the Americans at such great economic and emotional cost. In this fourth edition, SarDesai provides new insights on the decision-making process in Hanoi and Washington D.C. during the Vietnam conflict. He analyzes the extensive historiographical dialog in the 1990's involving scholars, strategists and policy-makers of the two countries. He addresses the postwar era of Vietnam's reconstruction, administrative reorganization, the U.N. sponsored Cambodian settlement, as well as Vietnam's membership and growing role in the ASEAN. SarDesai also looks at the new economic and strategic relationship between Vietnam and its former foe marked by President Clinton's visit to Hanoi and the increasing U.S. investment and trade in Vietnam in the aftermath of the Bilateral Trade Treaty (BTA) of July 2000. Concise, clear, and manageable coverage of Vietnamese history for one semester courses. Updated and expanded in the 4th edition to cover the most recent events and issues facing Vietnam, as well as providing greater depth of coverage to primary historical material.
13 Moons Over Vietnam 1st Moon Innocence
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Author : Ben Thieu Long
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2019-02-14
13 Moons Over Vietnam 1st Moon Innocence written by Ben Thieu Long and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
13 Moons over Vietnam—1st Moon: Innocence Why another memoir on Vietnam? There are already hundreds of publications on the Vietnam War. 13 Moons over Vietnam captures a unique perspective of a soldier’s experience of war, juxtaposing more than 150 stories between the lines of 280 uncensored letters to his wife, who was pregnant with their first child. These stories, describing actual experiences, are conveyed with raw emotions of anxiety and fear, refuting the nonchalant tone of his correspondence home. The effect is a stark and unsettling contrast between what is written home and what actually happens. 13 Moons over Vietnam is organized as a series segmented by lunar cycles that symbolize the author’s struggles with identity and faith as he confronts progressive incidents of social and emotional violence. Begin with 1st Moon: Innocence, and witness a metamorphosis that spirals through a moral and spiritual minefield.
Facing The Phoenix The Cia And The Political Defeat Of The United States In Vietnam
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Author : Zalin Grant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Facing The Phoenix The Cia And The Political Defeat Of The United States In Vietnam written by Zalin Grant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
The CIA and the Political Defeat of the United States in Vietman.