Vietnam : the (last) war the U.S. lost / Joe Allen ; foreword by John Pilger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Joe, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books ; [Jackson, Tenn.] : Trade distribution in the U.S. through Consortium Book Sales, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the connection between Vietnam and Iraq grows more urgent, lessons for today's antiwar movement.

Contents:

From the French conquest to the overthrow of Diem

From the overthrow of Diem to the Tet Offensive

Cold War liberalism and the roots of the antiwar movement

Black America and Vietnam

From the birth of the antiwar movement to 1968

The U.S. working class and the war

From quagmire to defeat

From Watergate to the fall of Saigon.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-235) and index.

ISBN:

1-60846-053-3

OCLC:

923683587