UID:
almafu_9959231560202883
Format:
1 online resource (331 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-771449-8
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0-19-992416-3
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1-281-34206-8
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9786611342067
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0-19-804302-3
Series Statement:
Reinterpreting history
Content:
The question why Vietnam? dominated American and Vietnamese political life for much of length of the Vietnam wars and has continued to be asked in the three decades since they ended. These essays examine the conceptual and methodological shifts that mark the contested terrain of Vietnam war scholarship.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2008.
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Pt. 1. American intervention and the Cold War consensus. Explaining the early decisions / Mark Atwood Lawrence -- No place to fight a war / Seth Jacobs -- Explaining the Vietnam War/ Gareth Porter -- There ain't no daylight / Fredrik Logevall. Pt. 2. The coming of war in Vietnam. Through a glass darkly / Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Vision, power, and agency / Edward Miller -- Taking notice of the everyday / David Hunt -- Co so cach mang and the social network of war / Heonik Kwon. Pt. 3. War's end and endless wars. Cold War contradictions / Lien Hang T. Nguyen -- Help us tell the truth about Vietnam / Michael J. Allen -- Official history, revisionist history, and wild history / David W.P. Elliott.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-531514-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-531513-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195315134.001.0001
