The Vietnam debate : a fresh look at the arguments / edited by John Norton Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, John Norton, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Physical Description:

xvii, 311 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America, [1990]

Contents:

Part I. Myths and realities in the Vietnam debate : An overview

The moral and strategic lessons of Vietnam / Paul Seabury

The questions of ends and means : American policy in Vietnam / Norman A. Graebuer

Questions and errors of fact : The myths and realities of Vietnam / Norman Podhoretz

Moral and psychological lessons of Vietnam / Doan Van Toai

Myths and realities in the Vietnam debate / Robert F. Turner

Part II. The origins of the war : The evidence of aggression from the North and the State Department "white papers"

Vietnam : The implications of deception / Whittle Johnston

The origins of the war : Competing perceptions / Douglas Pike

Evidence of aggression from the North and the State Department "white papers" / Guenter Lewy

Part III. The legal debate revisited in the light of new evidence on the origins of the war and the events following the Paris Accords

U.S. defensive counterintervention in collective self-defense of the Republic of Vietnam / William V. O'Brien

Part IV. The bombing of the North, hostilities in Laos and Cambodia, and an appraisal of compliance with the laws of war by all parties

On strategy : Was defeat inevitable? / Harry G. Summers, Jr.

Rolling thunder from the cockpit / Jacksel M. Broughton

Making war without will : Vietnam rules of engagement / J. Terry Emerson

The bombing of North Vietnam and the law of war / W. Hays Parks

A commander's view of the Vietnam War / John W. Vogt, Jr.

Part V. The moral and human rights debate

Repression in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam : Executions and population relocation / Jacqueline Desbarats

The development of international human rights law and practice in the aftermath of Vietnam and its application to the Central American context / Richard B. Lillich

"Vietnam" and the transformation of the American Catholic debate on war and peace / George S. Weigel, Jr.

Part VI. The "domino theory" : An appraisal of strategic and political significance

Containment and Vietnam / Whittle Johnston

Part VII. The role of the media : The Tet Offensive and "Christmas" bombing as case studies

A look back at Tet 1968 / Peter Braestrup

The role of the media in the Vietnam War / Arnaud de Borchgrave

Tet as the first "big event" / Donald Oberdorfer, Jr.

The Tet Offensive and "Christmas" bombing as case studies / Barry Zorthian

Part VIII. The anti-war movement

Alienation and judgments about the United States and its adversaries / Paul Hollander

The anti-war movement : Vietnam lessons / David J. Horowitz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Vietnam debate.

ISBN:

0819174165

9780819174161

OCLC:

19322336