The Vietnam War Files

Author : Jeffrey P. Kimball
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015058075733

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The Vietnam War Files by Jeffrey P. Kimball Pdf

"The new evidence uncovers a number of behind-the-scenes plays - such as Nixon's secret nuclear alert of October 1969 - and sheds more light on Nixon's goals in Vietnam and his and Kissinger's strategies of Vietnamization, the "China card," and "triangular diplomacy." The excerpted documents also reveal significant new information about the purposes of the linebacker bombings, Nixon's manipulation of the pow issue, and the conduct of the secret negotiations in Paris - as well as other key topics, events, and issues. All of these are effectively framed by Kimball, whose introductions to each document provide historical context."

Author : Marilyn Blatt Young,John J. Fitzgerald,A. Tom Grunfeld
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : 0195166353

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The Vietnam War by Marilyn Blatt Young,John J. Fitzgerald,A. Tom Grunfeld Pdf

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 : Marilyn Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1347316275

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The Vietnam War - A History In Documents by Marilyn Young Pdf

Author : Edward Miller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405196772

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The Vietnam War by Edward Miller Pdf

The Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America’s conflict in Vietnam which includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both American and Vietnamese experiences. Includes substantial non-American content, including many original English translations of Vietnamese-authored texts which showcase the diversity and complexity of Vietnamese experiences during the war Contains original American documents germane to the continuing debates about the causes, consequences and morality of the US intervention Incorporates personal histories of individual Americans and Vietnamese Introductory headnotes place each document in context Features a range of non-textual documents, including iconic photographs and political cartoons

Author : Jeffrey P. Kimball
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015045618736

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Nixon's Vietnam War by Jeffrey P. Kimball Pdf

The signing of the Paris Agreement in 1973 ended not only America's Vietnam War but also Richard Nixon's best laid plans. After years of secret negotiations, threats of massive bombing and secret diplomacy designed to shatter strained Communist alliances, the president had to settle for a peace that fell far short of his original aims.

Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : United States
ISBN : 061819312X

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Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War by Robert J. McMahon Pdf

"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 : John J. Fitzgerald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0195171837

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A Teacher's Guide to the Vietnam War by John J. Fitzgerald Pdf

Author : Mark Atwood Lawrence
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : 0199924406

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The Vietnam War by Mark Atwood Lawrence Pdf

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 : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : UOM:49015002658848

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Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War by Robert J. McMahon Pdf

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; Fitzgerald Young,Grunfed Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0605982406

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Vietnam War a History in Documents by Marilyn; Fitzgerald Young,Grunfed Young Pdf

Author : David F. Schmitz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442227101

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Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War by David F. Schmitz Pdf

In Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War, accomplished foreign relations historian David F. Shmitz provides students of US history and the Vietnam era with an up-to-date analysis of Nixon’s Vietnam policy in a brief and accessible book that addresses the main controversies of the Nixon years. President Richard Nixon’s first presidential term oversaw the definitive crucible of the Vietnam War. Nixon came into office seeking the kind of decisive victory that had eluded President Johnson, and went about expanding the war, overtly and covertly, in order to uphold a policy of “containment,” protect America’s credibility, and defy the left’s antiwar movement at home. Tactically, politically, Nixon’s moves made sense. However, by 1971 the president was forced to significantly de-escalate the American presence and seek a negotiated end to the war, which is now accepted as an American defeat, and a resounding failure of American foreign relations. Schmitz addresses the main controversies of Nixon’s Vietnam strategy, and in so doing manages to trace back the ways in which this most calculating and perceptive politician wound up resigning from office a fraud and failure. Finally, the book seeks to place the impact of Nixon’s policies and decisions in the larger context of post-World War II American society, and analyzes the full costs of the Vietnam War that the nation feels to this day.

Author : James H. Willbanks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440850851

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Vietnam War [2 volumes] by James H. Willbanks Pdf

This detailed two-volume set considers the Vietnam War, one of America's longest and bloodiest wars, from a topical perspective, addressing the main characters and key events of the war and supplying many relevant primary source documents. The Vietnam War not only claimed the lives of nearly 60,000 Americans and more than a million Vietnamese, but the prolonged conflict also resulted in a firestorm of protest at home that shook the foundations of the country and made U.S. citizens question the moral principles and motivations behind our foreign policy and military actions. Written in a very accessible style by recognized authorities on the war, Vietnam War: A Topical Exploration and Primary Source Collection provides students and general readers with a complete overview of the conflict in Vietnam—a broad topic that remains an important part of the American history and world history curriculum. Using a topical approach to cover all aspects of the war, the set enables students to see the complete picture of the conflict through its presentation of reference entries and documents arranged in cohesive, compelling chapters. Examples of the primary documents in the set include "Communist Party: Evaluation of the Tet Offensive" (1968) and President Richard Nixon's Speech on Vietnamization (1969). These primary sources are augmented by oral histories of soldiers who fought in the Tet Offensive. Additionally, maps and images in each section enhance the aesthetic appeal of the book and heighten students' understanding of the material. Readers will come away with both a strong comprehension of the Vietnam War as well as an appreciation for how significant this proxy conflict was as a lead-up event to the global Cold War.

Author : David L. Anderson
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231134804

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The Columbia History of the Vietnam War by David L. Anderson Pdf

America's experience in Vietnam continues to figure prominently in debates over strategy and defense and within the discourse on the identity of the United States as a nation. Through fifteen essays rooted in recent scholarship, The Columbia History of the Vietnam War is a chronological and critical collective history central to any discussion of America's interests abroad.David Anderson opens with an essay on the Vietnam War's major themes and enduring relevance. Mark Philip Bradley (University of Chicago) reexamines the rise of Vietnamese revolutionary nationalism and the Vietminh-led war against French colonialism. Richard Immerman (Temple University) revisits Eisenhower's and Kennedy's efforts at nation-building in South Vietnam. Gary Hess (Bowling Green State University) reviews America's military commitment under Kennedy and Johnson, and Lloyd Gardner (Rutgers University) investigates the motivations behind Johnson's escalation of force. Robert McMahon (Ohio State University) focuses on the pivotal period before and after the Tet Offensive, and Jeffrey Kimball (Miami University) makes sense of Nixon's paradoxical decision to end U.S. intervention while pursuing a destructive air war. John Prados (National Security Archive) and Eric Bergerud (Naval Postgraduate School) devote their essays to America's military strategy. Helen Anderson (California State University, Monterey Bay) and Robert Brigham (Vassar College) explore the war's impact on Vietnamese women and urban culture. Melvin Small (Wayne State University) recounts the domestic tensions created by America's involvement in Vietnam, and Kenton Clymer (Northern Illinois University) follows the spread of the war to Laos and Cambodia. Concluding essays by Robert Schulzinger (University of Colorado) and George Herring (University of Kentucky) trace the legacy of the war within Vietnamese and American contexts and diagnose the symptoms of the "Vietnam Syndrome" evident in later U.S. foreign policy debat.

Author : Daniel Ellsberg
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101191316

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Secrets by Daniel Ellsberg Pdf

The true story of the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, the event which inspired Steven Spielberg’s feature film The Post In 1971 former Cold War hard-liner Daniel Ellsberg made history by releasing the Pentagon Papers - a 7,000-page top-secret study of U.S. decision-making in Vietnam - to the New York Times and Washington Post. The document set in motion a chain of events that ended not only the Nixon presidency but the Vietnam War. In this remarkable memoir, Ellsberg describes in dramatic detail the two years he spent in Vietnam as a U.S. State Department observer, and how he came to risk his career and freedom to expose the deceptions and delusions that shaped three decades of American foreign policy. The story of one man's exploration of conscience, Secrets is also a portrait of America at a perilous crossroad. "[Ellsberg's] well-told memoir sticks in the mind and will be a powerful testament for future students of a war that the United States should never have fought." -The Washington Post "Ellsberg's deft critique of secrecy in government is an invaluable contribution to understanding one of our nation's darkest hours." -Theodore Roszak, San Francisco Chronicle

Author : David L. Anderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350307933

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The Vietnam War by David L. Anderson Pdf

The Vietnam War endured for thirty years, cost billions of dollars, and resulted in thousands of Vietnamese, French, and American deaths. Massive American military intervention in Vietnam embroiled America in protests, placed enormous strains on the western alliance, and altered U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and China. David L. Anderson's concise overview critiques U.S. errors in magnifying the strategic importance of South-east Asia in the Cold War and in underestimating the strength of the Vietnamese communist movement.