Vietnam: An American Ordeal

ISBN-13: 9780367630287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 488 str.

George Donelson Moss

Opis

Now in its 7^th edition, Vietnam: An American Ordeal continues to provide a thorough account of the failed American effort to create a viable, non-Communist state in Southern Vietnam.

Spis treści

1. Origins of American Interventions in Southeast Asia  2. The French Indochina War, 1946–54  3. America’s Experiment in Nation-Building  4. America Raises the Stakes in Vietnam, 1961–63  5. America Goes to War, 1964–65  6. Waging Limited War in Vietnam, 1965–67  7. The Politics and Diplomacy of War, 1965–67  8. The Tet Offensive, January 30 to March 31, 1968  9. After the Tet Offensive, April–November, 1968  10. Escalation and Withdrawal, 1969–71  11. A War for Peace, 1971–73  12. The Decline and Fall of South Vietnam, 1973–75  13. Legacies of a Lost War

O autorze

George Donelson Moss is Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences at the City College of San Francisco, USA. His research interests include recent U.S. political, diplomatic, and strategic history. He is also the author of America Since 1900, 7th edition and Moving On: The American People Since 1945, 5th edition.