The Vietnam War : an international history in documents / edited by Mark Atwood Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawrence, Mark Atwood, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Sources.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.

United States.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Summary:

This work places America's most controversial conflict in a broad, international context that reflects the experiences of North and South Vietnam, China, and European nations, as well as the United States. Featuring newly available material, this brief collection of primary-source documents includes several never-before published and freshly translated diplomatic documents, social and cultural commentaries, memoirs, cartoons, posters, and photos. Here the author enables students to compare and contrast different vantage points on the war and to appreciate the conflict in all of its complexity. -- From publisher's website.

Contents:

Vietnamese nationalism and communism

Colonial war and Cold War crisis

Between two storms

The deepening crisis

Americanization

The wider war

The Tet Offensive

New departures

Peace and war

Lessons and legacies.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199924400

0199924406

OCLC:

863632952

Publisher Number:

40023995307