A companion to the Vietnam War / edited by Marilyn B. Young and Robert Buzzanco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Young, Marilyn Blatt.

Buzzanco, Robert.

Series:

Blackwell companions to American history ; 7.

Blackwell companions to American history ; [7]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

History.

United States--History--1961-1975.

United States.

United States--History--1969-.

Physical Description:

xii, 514 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2002.

Summary:

A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. These historiographical and narrative essays by leading historians examine the war in its most important contexts. The broad thematic coverage of the book includes the political strategy of three American presidents, the American military tactics and their consequences, the adjoining wars in Laos and Cambodia, the American home front and antiwar movement, and the intersections of race, class, and gender in both America and Vietnam. This volume represents the best current scholarship on one of the most controversial and influential episodes in modern American history. It also contains an expanded bibliography of hundreds of secondary sources to guide further research. For students, scholars, and general readers of Vietnam War studies, this Companion is a vital resource.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [470]-490) and index.

ISBN:

063121013X

OCLC:

49225955