Where the domino fell : America and Vietnam, 1945-1995 / James S. Olson, Randy Robert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, James Stuart, 1946-

Contributor:

Roberts, Randy, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam--History--1945-1975.

Vietnam.

History.

Vietnam--History--1975-.

Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.

Physical Description:

xi, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Summary:

Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions.

Narrated in an accessible style by two distinguished historians, this revised edition includes a final chapter examining Vietnam through the films of Oliver Stone. Compact yet substantial, and containing a bibliography, chronology, and glossary to further help students, Where the Domino Fell is an important contribution not only to the Study of the Vietnam War but to an understanding of the larger workings of American foreign policy.

Contents:

Eternal war : the Vietnamese heritage

The first Indochina War, 1945-1954

The making of a quagmire, 1954-1960

The new frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963

Planning a tragedy, 1963-1965

Into the abyss, 1965-1966

The mirage of progress, 1966-1967

Tet and the year of the monkey, 1968

The beginning of the end, 1969-1970

The fall of South Vietnam, 1970-1975

Distorted images, missed opportunities, 1975-1995

Oliver Stone's Vietnam.

Notes:

Previously published: Brandywine Press, c2006. 5th ed.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-301) and index.

ISBN:

9781405182225

1405182229

OCLC:

175290002

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