Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 283 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9781316222591
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in US foreign relations
Content:
Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers, but they alone fail to explain why Hanoi bested Washington in the end. To make sense of the Vietnam War, we must look beyond the war itself. In his new work, Pierre Asselin explains the formative experiences and worldview of the men who devised communist strategies and tactics during the conflict, and analyzes their rationale and impact. Drawing on two decades of research in Vietnam's own archives, including classified policy statements and reports, Asselin expertly and straightforwardly relates the Vietnamese communist experience - and the reasons the war turned out the way it did
Content:
Introduction: why Vietnam matters -- From Dai Viet to the August Revolution -- French war, 1945-54 -- Interwar, 1954-65 -- American war, 1965-68 -- American war, 1968-73 -- Civil war, 1973-75 -- Epilogue: legacies
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107104792
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107510500
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Asselin, Pierre Vietnam's American war Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018 ISBN 9781107104792
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107510500
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
DOI:
10.1017/9781316222591
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Author information:
Asselin, Pierre
