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Author: John Dumbrell
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 2012-07-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0333984919
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Noam Chomsky
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 2015-04-14
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1608464032
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores JFK’s role in US invasion of Vietnam and a reflects on the political culture that encouraged the Cold War.
Author: David L. DiLeo
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780807842973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooks 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
Author: Martin Gainsborough
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1848139071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVietnam: 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.
Author: Simon Hall
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-04-23
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1136599185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetween 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.
Author: Christopher R. Leahey
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2010-01-07
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0807750433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhitewashing 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.
Author: Duncan McCargo
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-07-31
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1134374402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing 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.
Author: John Dumbrell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-07-19
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1137021829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Michael Lind
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-07-30
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 1439135266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael 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.
Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0415275334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
