Access to History: The USA and Vietnam 1945-75 3rd Edition

Author: Vivienne Sanders
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1444150790
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
The book starts with an introduction to the events that led to France's withdrawal from Vietnam and US support of Diem's government and goes on to examine how the conflict escalated and the USA became fully involved. The book also looks at the pressure for peace on the US home front and how this had an impact on the eventual withdrawal and fallout from the war. The role of key figures in the conflict, both American presidents and Vietnamese leaders, is analysed throughout. Throughout the book, key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips for each examination board provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.

The USA and Vietnam, 1945-75

Author: Vivienne Sanders
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 9780340804308
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
This second edition provides a thorough and lucid account of America's involvement in Vietnam during this period. Incorporating up-to-date historical interpretations, the text starts with an introduction to the events that lead to France's withdrawal from Vitenam and US support of Diem's government. Key events and issues are analyzed throughout, including the attitude and actions of not only the American presidents and their advisers, but also of prominent Vitnamese figures - Ho Chi Minh, Deim and Giap. The escalation of the conflict, pressure for peace on the US home font and the eventual withdrawal and fallout from the war are also explained. The updated study guides provide a firm basis for answering differentiated, source-based and extended-writing questions.

U.S. History

Author: P. Scott Corbett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1886

Book Description
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.

The Vietnam Trauma in American Foreign Policy

Author: Paul M. Kattenburg
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412839563
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
This study of ten fateful decisions made on Indochina between 1961-75 highlights the ascent of the civilian militarists and of strategy over diplomacy in United States policymaking and reveals the inexorably interlinked and escalating character of the decisions and the central purpose of American presidents: not to have to face the expected domestic political consequences of defeat in Indochina. As a result, we were led into a prolonged stalemate in which "acting" and the management of programs became a more important preoccupation than thinking about our purposes and values, in which analysis become wholly subjective and therefore defective, and in which decision-making occurred in a closed system which did not allow for divergent inputs.

Vietnam: An Epic History of a Divisive War 1945-1975

Author: Max Hastings
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000813300X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 752

Book Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator ‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times ‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year

Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War

Author: Robert J. McMahon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780618193127
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Each chapter opens with a brief introduction to the topic at hand. The introduction is followed by a series of primary documents and two or three interpretive essays by historians, politcal scientists, participants, or other authorities. The documents reveal the flavor of the time and the range of contemporary issues and retrospective assessments." --pref.

Major Problems in American History Since 1945

Author: Robert Griffith
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 570

Book Description
This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essys on important topics in U.S. history. The book asks students to evaluate primary surces, test the interpretations and draw their own conclusions.

Grand Expectations

Author: James T. Patterson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019507680X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2924

Book Description
Interweaving key cultural, economic, social, and political events, a history of the United States in the post-World War II era ranges from 1945, through a turbulent period of economic growth and social upheaval, to Watergate and Nixon's 1974 resignation

Where the Domino Fell

Author: James S. Olson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118608623
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. Revised and updated to include an examination of Vietnam through the point of view of the soldiers themselves, and brings the story up to the present day through a look at how the war has been memorialized A final chapter examines Vietnam through the lens of Oliver Stone's films and opens up a discussion of the War in popular culture Written with brevity and clarity, this concise narrative history of the Vietnam conflict is an ideal student text A chronology, glossary, and a bibliography all serve as helpful reference points for students An important contribution not only to the study of the Vietnam War but to an understanding of the larger workings of American foreign policy

No Wider War

Author: Sergio Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472838505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561

Book Description
No Wider War is the second volume of a two-part exploration of America's involvement in Indochina from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon. Following on from the first volume, In Good Faith, which told the story from the Japanese surrender in 1945 through America's involvement in the French Indochina War and the initial advisory missions that followed, it traces the story of America's involvement in the Vietnam War from the first Marines landing at Da Nang in 1965, through the traumatic Tet Offensive of 1968 and the gradual Vietnamisation of the war that followed, to the withdrawal of American forces and the final loss of the South in 1975. Drawing on the latest research, unavailable to the authors of the classic Vietnam histories, including recently declassified top secret National Security Agency material, Sergio Miller examines in depth both the events and the key figures of the conflict to present a masterful narrative of America's most divisive war.