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Author : Marilyn Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1347316275
Author : Marilyn Blatt Young,John J. Fitzgerald,A. Tom Grunfeld
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : 0195166353
Provides a social and political context for the Vietnam War, with little coverage of the actual fighting. Focuses on the official documents, speeches, quotes, media commentary, and memoirs that trace the history of French, and later, American involvements in Southeast Asia.
Author : Mark Atwood Lawrence
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : 0199924406
The Vietnam War: An International History in Documents places America's most controversial conflict in a broad, international context that reflects the experiences of North and South Vietnam, China, and European nations, as well as the United States. Featuring newly available material, this brief collection of primary-source documents includes several never-before published and freshly translated diplomatic documents, social and cultural commentaries, memoirs, cartoons, posters, and photos. Mark Atwood Lawrence enables students to compare and contrast different vantage points on the war and to appreciate the conflict in all of its complexity.
Author : John J. Fitzgerald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0195171837
Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : United States
ISBN : 061819312X
"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.
Author : Marilyn; Fitzgerald Young,Grunfed Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0605982406
Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015002658848
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War incorporates a spate of new research and a number of recently declassified documents concerning the Vietnam War.
Author : Marilyn B.; Fitzgerald Young (John J.; Grunfeld, A. Tom)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : American war library
ISBN : OCLC:1042096311
Provides a social and political context for the Vietnam War, with little coverage of the actual fighting. Focuses on the official documents, speeches, quotes, media commentary, and memoirs that trace the history of French, and later, American involvements in Southeast Asia.
Author : Mark Atwood Lawrence
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0199793158
The Vietnam War remains a topic of extraordinary interest, not least because of striking parallels between that conflict and more recent fighting in the Middle East. In The Vietnam War, Mark Atwood Lawrence draws upon the latest research in archives around the world to offer readers a superb account of a key moment in U.S. as well as global history. While focusing on American involvement between 1965 and 1975, Lawrence offers an unprecedentedly complete picture of all sides of the war, notably by examining the motives that drove the Vietnamese communists and their foreign allies. Moreover, the book carefully considers both the long- and short-term origins of the war. Lawrence examines the rise of Vietnamese communism in the early twentieth century and reveals how Cold War anxieties of the 1940s and 1950s set the United States on the road to intervention. Of course, the heart of the book covers the "American war," ranging from the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem to the impact of the Tet Offensive on American public opinion, Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal from the 1968 presidential race, Richard Nixon's expansion of the war into Cambodia and Laos, and the problematic peace agreement of 1973, which ended American military involvement. Finally, the book explores the complex aftermath of the war--its enduring legacy in American books, film, and political debate, as well as Vietnam's struggles with severe social and economic problems. A compact and authoritative primer on an intensely relevant topic, this well-researched and engaging volume offers an invaluable overview of the Vietnam War.
Author : Jussi M. Hanhimäki,Odd Arne Westad
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199272808
The Cold War contains a selection of official and unofficial documents which provide a truly multi-faceted account of the entire Cold War era. The final selection of documents illustrates the global impact of the Cold War to the present day, and establishes links between the Cold War and the events of 11th September 2001.
Author : William L. Griffen,J. D. Marciano
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002246240
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781465466013
The Vietnam War remains one of the most heroic and heartbreaking events in history. This definitive guide charts the unforgettable story of the world's first televised war. Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles America's fight against Communism in southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, and comprehensively explores the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of the Vietnam War. Hundreds of insightful images and a compelling narrative combine to chronicle this catastrophic conflict.?? From 1955, the communist government of North Vietnam waged war against South Vietnam and its main ally, the USA. Over the course of two decades of hostility and warfare, the number of casualties reached an incomprehensible three million people. Detailed descriptions of every episode, including Operation Passage to Freedom and the evacuation of the American embassy in Saigon, tell the stories in iconic photographs and eyewitness accounts. Discover the real people behind the conflict, with gripping biographies of key figures, including Henry Kissinger, General Thieu, President Nixon, and Pol Pot. This incredible visual record is supported by locator maps, at-a-glance timelines, archive photography, and key quotations to ensure an all-encompassing experience. The Vietnam War is an essential historic reference to help humanity learn the lessons of suffering and sacrifice from one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century.
Author : Michael H. Hunt
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807895801
An essential new resource for students and teachers of the Vietnam War, this concise collection of primary sources opens a valuable window on an extraordinarily complex conflict. The materials gathered here, from both the American and Vietnamese sides, remind readers that the conflict touched the lives of many people in a wide range of social and political situations and spanned a good deal more time than the decade of direct U.S. combat. Indeed, the U.S. war was but one phase in a string of conflicts that varied significantly in character and geography. Michael Hunt brings together the views of the conflict's disparate players--from Communist leaders, Vietnamese peasants, Saigon loyalists, and North Vietnamese soldiers to U.S. policymakers, soldiers, and critics of the war. By allowing the participants to speak, this volume encourages readers to formulate their own historically grounded understanding of a still controversial struggle.
Author : Barbara Diggs
Publisher : Nomad Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781619306592
More than 58,000 American troops and military personnel died in the humid jungles and muddy rivers of Vietnam during the 20-year conflict called the Vietnam War. Why? What were they fighting for? And how could the world’s most powerful and technologically advanced military be defeated by a small, poverty-stricken country? These questions have haunted the U.S. government, the military, and the American public for nearly a half century. In The Vietnam War, kids ages 12 to 15 explore the global conditions and history that gave rise to the Vietnam War, the reasons why the United States became increasingly embroiled in the conflict, and the varied causes of its shocking defeat. As readers learn about how the fear of the spread of communism spurred the United States to enter a war that was erupting on the other side of the world, they find themselves immersed in the mood and mindset of the Vietnam Era. Through links to online primary sources, including speeches, letters, photos, and songs, readers become familiar with the reality of combat life for young American soldiers, the frustration of military advisors as they failed to subdue the Viet Cong, and the empty promises made by U.S. presidents to soothe an uneasy public. The Vietnam War also pays close attention to the development of a massive antiwar movement and counterculture that divided the country into “hawks” and “doves.” In-depth essential questions help middle schoolers analyze primary sources and develop their own evidence-supported views on a range of issues. The Vietnam War also fosters critical thinking skills through projects such as creating antiwar and pro-war demonstration slogans, writing letters from the perspective of a U.S. soldier and a south Vietnamese citizen, and building arguments for and against the media’s coverage of the war. Additional learning materials include engaging illustrations, maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and resources for further independent learning. The Vietnam War is one book in a set of four that explore great events of the twentieth century. Other titles in this set include Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events; World War II: From the Rise of the Nazi Party to the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb; and The Space Race: How the Cold War Put Humans on the Moon.
Author : Jeffrey A. Engel,Mark Atwood Lawrence,Andrew Preston
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691248745
A wide-ranging anthology of primary texts in American foreign relations—now expanded to include documents from the Trump years to today How should America wield its power beyond its borders? Should it follow grand principles or act on narrow self-interest? Should it work in concert with other nations or avoid entangling alliances? America in the World captures the voices and viewpoints of some of the most provocative, eloquent, and influential people who participated in these and other momentous debates. Now fully revised and updated, this anthology brings together primary texts spanning a century and a half of U.S. foreign relations, illuminating how Americans have been arguing about the nation’s role in the world since its emergence as a world power in the late nineteenth century. Features more than 250 primary-source documents, reflecting an extraordinary range of views Includes two new chapters on the Trump years and the return of great power rivalries under Biden Sweeps broadly from the Gilded Age to emerging global challenges such as COVID-19 Shares the perspectives of presidents, secretaries of state, and generals as well as those of poets, songwriters, clergy, newspaper columnists, and novelists Also includes non-American perspectives on U.S. power