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Vietnam (6th ed ) (6th Ed.)
An American Ordeal
Language: English
Subject for Vietnam (6th ed ):
Publication date: 09-2018
· 17.4x24.6 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 05-2009
456 p. · 17.8x23.5 cm · Paperback
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/li>Biography
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1 Origins of American Intervention in Southeast Asia
The Japanese Occupy Indochina
The Vietnamese Revolution, August 1945
America Supports the French Return to Indochina
Notes
2 The French Indochina War, 1946-1954
The French Return to Indochina
Franco-Vietminh Non-Negotiations
The French Indochina War Begins
A Developing Franco-American Partnership
America Extends Containment to Southeast Asia
The Road to Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 1954
America Sees Failure and Opportunity
The Geneva Conference
Lessons from a War
Notes
3 America's Diem Experiment
The Formation of SEATO
The Advent of Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem Struggles to Survive
The Battle for Saigon, April 27-May 3, 1955
Diem Consolidates His Regime
The Non-Elections of 1956
Social Revolution in North Vietnam
Building a Nation in South Vietnam
'Diemocracy' in Action
Roots of Revolution in South Vietnam
Hanoi Takes Control of the Southern Insurgency
Civil War in Laos
A Failing Experiment
Notes
4 America Raises the Stakes in Vietnam, 1961-1963
Cold War Crises
Crisis in Laos
Shoring Up the Diem Regime
A Limited Partnership
Social Revolution in South Vietnam
Strains in the Limited Partnership
The Buddhist Crisis, May-August, 1963
The Decline of Ngo Dinh Diem
The Fall of Ngo Dinh Diem
A Failed Limited Patnership
Notes
5 America Goes to War, 1964-1965
A Changing World Order
Doing the Same only Doing More of It
Coup Season in South Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin Incidents, August 2-4, 1964
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Election of 1964
Origins of the Air War over North Vietnam
The American Ground War in South Vietnam Begins
Lyndon Johnson Americanizes the Vietnam War
Notes
6 Waging Limited War in Vietnam, 1965-1968
The Concept of Limited War
Initial Search and Destroy Operations
Ia Drang: The Battle That Transformed a War
Escalating the War on the Ground, 1966
The Big Unit War, 1967
War in the Central Highlands and Northern Provinces
The Limits of Attrition Warfare
Rolling Thunder: The Air War Against North Vietnam, 1965-1968
Arc Light: The South Vietnam Air Campaigns, 1965-1968
The Air War in Laos, 1964-1968
Notes
7 The Politics and Diplomacy of War, 1965-1968
General Ky Takes Charge in South Vietnam
The Buddhist Revolt: The Struggle Movement, 1966
Pacification Efforts in South Vietnam
Political Reforms in South Vietnam
Diplomatic Charades, 1965-1968
Cracks in the Cold War Consensus, 1965-1966
The War At Home, 1967
Fighting the Vietnam Era Draft
Lyndon Johnson Promotes the War in Vietnam
Notes
8 The Tet Offensive, January 30-March 31, 1968
The Battles That Changed the Course of the War
Hanoi Plans a General Offensive
Surprise Attack!
Siege at Khe Sanh
Stalemate
U. S. Military Leaders Propose to Widen the War
The Clifford Task Force
Johnson Agonistes
Political Shocks
Economic Crises
The 'Wise Men' Opt Out of the War
The Speech, Mar 31, 1968
Notes
9 Aftermath of the Tet Offensive, April-December, 1968
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