Rethinking the Vietnam War

Rethinking the Vietnam War

Author: John Dumbrell

Publisher: Red Globe Press

Published: 2012-07-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0333984919

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This incisive new text provides a broad-ranging reassessment of the Vietnam war and its political and historical significance for America, Vietnam itself, their allies, the region and the world. John Dumbrell re-examines recurrent myths and assumptions and highlights areas of dispute still outstanding today.


Rethinking Camelot

Rethinking Camelot

Author: Noam Chomsky

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Published: 2015-04-14

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1608464032

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Explores JFK’s role in US invasion of Vietnam and a reflects on the political culture that encouraged the Cold War.


George Ball, Vietnam, and the Rethinking of Containment

George Ball, Vietnam, and the Rethinking of Containment

Author: David L. DiLeo

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780807842973

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Looks at Ball's role as the lone presidential advisor to President Johnson who opposed American military intervention in Vietnam, and summarizes Ball's criticisms of U.S. policy


Vietnam

Vietnam

Author: Martin Gainsborough

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1848139071

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Vietnam: Rethinking the State offers an exciting and up-to-date look at the politics of this fascinating country as it seeks to make the transition from war-torn economic backwater to a dynamic and modern society. The book argues for a move away from the commonly associated idea of 'reform', arguing for a deeper understanding of the concept and questioning the idea of state-retreat. The result is a path-breaking book which gets beneath the surface of Vietnam's politics in a way which few outsiders otherwise could.


Rethinking the American Anti-War Movement

Rethinking the American Anti-War Movement

Author: Simon Hall

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-04-23

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1136599185

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Between 1965 and 1973, hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans participated in one of the most remarkable and significant people's movements in American history. Through marches, rallies, draft resistance, teach-ins, civil disobedience, and non-violent demonstrations at both the national and local levels, Americans vehemently protested the country's involvement in the Vietnam War. Rethinking the American Anti-War Movement provides a short, accessible overview of this important social and political movement, highlighting key events and key figures, the movement's strengths and weaknesses, how it intersected with other social and political movements of the time, and its lasting effect on the country. The book is perfect for anyone wanting to obtain an introduction to the Anti-War movement of the twentieth century.


Whitewashing War

Whitewashing War

Author: Christopher R. Leahey

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2010-01-07

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0807750433

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Whitewashing War explores perhaps the most critical issue social studies educators presently face: How do we teach our students about war? In this timely book, Christopher Leahey investigates how the political struggles over the social studies curriculum, the corporate domination of the textbook and testing industry, and the curricular constraints of the No Child Left Behind Act combine to stifle historical inquiry and deprive students of meaningful social studies instruction. Using the controversial Vietnam War as a case study, Leahey holds textbook narratives up to the light, illuminating how the adoption process, interpretive framework, and selection of evidence combine to transform the past into thinly veiled historical myths. By attending to questions traditionally ignored in history education, this dynamic book challenges educators to rethink their pedagogical approaches to military conflict, American and otherwise. It calls on teachers to develop students critical sensibilities to ask questions, conduct research, evaluate evidence, and make meaning of the past, and provides classroom lessons for history educators and students to engage in rich, intellectual encounters with the historical record.


Rethinking Vietnam

Rethinking Vietnam

Author: Duncan McCargo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-07-31

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1134374402

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Drawing on fieldwork and analysis by an international team of specialists, this book covers all aspects of contemporary Vietnam including recent history, the political economy, the reform process, education, health, labor market, foreign direct investment and foreign policy.


Rethinking the Vietnam War

Rethinking the Vietnam War

Author: John Dumbrell

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-07-19

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1137021829

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The Vietnam War is one of the defining conflicts of the twentieth century: not only did it divide American society at every level; the conflict also represented a key shift in Asian anti-colonialism and shaped the course of the Cold War. Despite its political and social importance, popular memory of the war is dominated by myths and stereotypes. In this incisive new text, John Dumbrell debunks popular assumptions about the war and reassesses the key political, military and historical controversies associated with one of the most contentious and divisive wars of recent times. Drawing upon an extensive range of newly accessible sources, Rethinking the Vietnam War assesses all aspects of the conflict – ranging across domestic electoral politics in the USA to the divided communist leadership in Hanoi and grassroots antiwar movements around the world. The book charts the full course of the war – from the origins of American involvement, the growing internationalization of the conflict and the swing year of 1968 to bitter twists in Sino-Soviet rivalry and the eventual withdrawal of American forces. Situating the conflict within an international context, John Dumbrell also considers competing interpretations of the war and points the way to the resolution of debates which have divided international opinion for decades.


Vietnam

Vietnam

Author: Michael Lind

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-07-30

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1439135266

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Michael Lind casts new light on one of the most contentious episodes in American history in this controversial bestseller. In this groundgreaking reinterpretation of America's most disatrous and controversial war, Michael Lind demolishes enduring myths and put the Vietnam War in its proper context—as part of the global conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. Lind reveals the deep cultural divisions within the United States that made the Cold War consensus so fragile and explains how and why American public support for the war in Indochina declined. Even more stunning is his provacative argument that the United States failed in Vietnam because the military establishment did not adapt to the demands of what before 1968 had been largely a guerrilla war. In an era when the United States so often finds itself embroiled in prolonged and difficult conflicts, Lind offers a sobering cautionary tale to Ameicans of all political viewpoints.


Rethinking Military History

Rethinking Military History

Author: Jeremy Black

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0415275334

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This volume re-positions military history at the beginning of the 21st century. Jeremy Black reveals the main trends in the practice and approach to military history and proposes a new manifesto for the subject to move forward.