Hanoi's war : an international history of the war for peace in Vietnam / Lien-Hang T. Nguyen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nguyen, Lien-Hang T., 1974-

Series:

New Cold War history.

The new Cold War history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Vietnam (Democratic Republic).

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Peace.

Politics and war--Vietnam (Democratic Republic).

Politics and war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the reader from the marshy swamps of the Mekong Delta to the bomb-saturated Red River Delta, from the corridors of power in Hanoi and Saigon to the Nixon White House, and from the peace negotiations in Paris to high-level meetings in Beijing and Moscow, all to reveal that peace never had a chance in Vietnam."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Le Duan's rise to power and the road to war

Policing the state in a time of war

The battle in Hanoi for the Tet Offensive

To Paris and beyond

Sideshows and main arenas

Talking while fighting

War against détente

War for peace.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Nguyen, Lien-Hang T., 1974- Hanoi's war.

ISBN:

1-4696-0166-4

0-8078-8269-0

OCLC:

794327652