The search for peace in Vietnam, 1964-1968 / edited by Lloyd C. Gardner and Ted Gittinger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gardner, Lloyd C., 1934-

Gittinger, Ted.

Series:

Foreign relations and the presidency ; no. 8.

Foreign relations and the presidency ; no. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Peace.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Diplomatic history.

Physical Description:

vi, 406 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Search for Peace in ""Vietnam"," 1964-1968, " the newest edition in the Texas A&M University Press Series on Foreign Relations and the Presidency, is a collection of essays that analyze the Vietnam War in terms of its significance to the global arena. Under the guidance of editors Lloyd C. Gardner and Ted Gittinger, the contributors, representing both communist and capitalist backgrounds, examine whether the Vietnam War was responsible for the transformation of the international system, using a formula postulated by series editor H. W. Brands, which looks at the international system at the beginning of the war and at the end, and measuring how much of the difference in the two periods is the result of the war. Topics include Robert J. McMahon's assessment of the war's legacy to Southeast Asia; Xiaoming Zhang's analysis of Chinese involvement as an element in the Sino-Soviet rivalry; Ilya Gaiduk's account of the Soviet Indochina policy within the context of Moscow's relations with the outside world; Judith A. Klinghoffer's examination of the war's role in determining American foreign policy in the Middle East; Hiroshi Fujimoto's discussion of whether America's Cold War policy of regionalism affected Japan's economic prosperity; and other analyses by H. W. Brands, Lloyd C. Gardner, Robert K. Brigham, Frank Costigliola, Kil J. Yi, and Quang Zhai. John Prados ends the book questioning whether the Vietnam War was, in essence, just a sideshow in international relations and attempts to understand the war's place in the world and its impact on the place of the United States. "The Search for Peace in ""Vietnam"," 1964-1968"""brings together a diverse group of scholars representing various viewpoints and backgrounds regarding the Vietnam War. The book breaks free from the mold of many American analyses of Vietnam, which place the war solely in the context of America's involvement and detriment, and endeavors to look further for both causes and effects. A true scholarly work, "The Search for Peace in ""Vietnam"," 1964-1968" challenges readers to think about this pivotal point in international history in a new way.

Contents:

Perpetual war for perpetual peace / Robert Divine

Fighting while negotiating / Marilyn Young

Discussions, not negotiations : the Johnson Administration's Diplomacy at the outset of the Vietnam War / David Kaiser

The Pennsylvania peace initiative, June-October, 1967 / Robert K. Brigham and George C. Herring

The mirage of negotiations / Edwin E. Moïse

Who gave peace a chance? LBJ and the antiwar movement / Melvin Small

George McGovern and Mr. Johnson's war : a liberal democrat dissents / Thomas J. Knock

Missions impossible : Canadian secret diplomacy and the quest for peace in Vietnam / Andrew Preston

"How fuzzy can one be?" : the American reaction to De Gaulle's proposal for the neutralization of (South) Vietnam / Charles G. Cogan

De Gaulle and the Vietnam War / Maurice Vaïsse

Triangle of discord : the United States, Germany, and French peace initiatives for Vietnam / Wilfried Mausbach

The Aspen channel and the problem of the bombing / Fredrik Logevall

The Japanese government's peace efforts in the Vietnam War, 1965-1968 / Hideki Kan

The limits of peacemaking : India and the Vietnam War, 1962-1968 / Mark A. Lawrence

Peacemaking or troubleshooting? : the Soviet role in peace initiatives during the Vietnam War / Ilya V. Gaiduk

China's response to French peace initiatives / Qiang Zhai

"A half-hearted overture" : Czechoslovakia, Kissinger, and Vietnam, autumn, 1966 / James G. Hershberg

The Pentagon and peace negotiations after March 31, 1968 / Herbert Y. Schandler

The shape of the table : Nguyen Van Thieu and negotiations to end the conflict / John Prados

Vietnam and the origins of detente / H.W. Brands.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-05369-6

1-60344-650-8

OCLC:

774384452