The Endless War : Vietnam'S Struggle for Independence / James P. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, James P., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1989]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Discusses the Vietnamese side of the events that have shaken Vietnam and neighboring lands from the 1950s to the 1980s in order to give some historical understanding of how the communists took command of the Vietnamese Revolution and went on to defeat enemies many times more powerful than themselves.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Maps

Preface to the Morningside Edition

Note on Vietnamese Names

List of Abbreviations

Introduction The United States and the Vietnam War

Part One History Read Backward The Final, First, and Second Victories of the Vietnamese Communists

Chapter One The Fall of Saigon

Chapter Two The "First Revolutionary Upsurge"

Chapter Three The Lean Years

Chapter Four The First Communist Victory

Chapter Five The French War

Part Two Communist Strengths and Establishment Weaknesses

Chapter Six Nationalism and Ideology

Chapter Seven Organization and Practice

Part Three The Second Indochina War

Chapter Eight The Diem Years

Chapter Nine The American War Escalates

Chapter Ten The End of the Thirty Years' War

Chapter Eleven The Wheels of History

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Addenda To Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89364-7

OCLC:

1100434450