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Vietnam Gary R. Hess (Bowling Green State University, USA)

Vietnam von Gary R. Hess (Bowling Green State University, USA)

Vietnam Gary R. Hess (Bowling Green State University, USA)

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Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining America s Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20 th century s seminal conflicts.

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Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War Gary R. Hess (Bowling Green State University, USA)

Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining Americas Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20th centurys seminal conflicts.

  • Looks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central arguments of scholars, journalists, and participants and providing evidence on both sides of controversies around this event
  • Addresses key debates about the Vietnam War, asking whether the war was necessary for US security; whether President Kennedy would have avoided the war had he lived beyond November 1963; whether negotiation would have been a feasible alternative to war; and more
  • Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since
  • Written by a well-respected scholar in the field in an accessible style for students and scholars

Über Gary R. Hess (Bowling Green State University, USA)

Gary R. Hess is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, where he taught for forty-five years. His publications include The United States at War, 19411945 (Wiley, 3rd edition, 2010), Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq (rev. ed., 2009), Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War 19411945 (1998), and The United States Emergence as a Southeast Asian Power (1987).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface viii

1 From the Streets to the Books: The Origins of an Enduring Debate 1

2 A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? 23

3 "Kennedy Exceptionalism," "Missed Opportunity for Peace," or "Lost Victory?": The Movement toward War, 19611965 49

4 The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat": The Clausewitzian Alternative 84

5 The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War": The "Hearts-and-Minds" Prescription for Victory 111

6 The Media and the War: Irresponsible or Balanced Journalism? 133

7 The Tet Offensive: Decisive American Victory or Devastating Loss? 155

8 NixonKissinger and the Ending of the War: A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?" 179

9 Conclusion: The War's "Lessons" 209

Bibliography 218

Index 221

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR012980189
9781118948996
1118948998
Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War Gary R. Hess (Bowling Green State University, USA)
Gary R. Hess (Bowling Green State University, USA)
Contesting the Past
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2015-05-12
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