Hess Vietnam

Explaining America's Lost War
2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-94901-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Contesting the Past

Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20th century's seminal conflicts.
* Looks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central arguments of scholars, journalists, and participants and providing evidence on both sides of controversies around this event
* Addresses key debates about the Vietnam War, asking whether the war was necessary for US security; whether President Kennedy would have avoided the war had he lived beyond November 1963; whether negotiation would have been a feasible alternative to war; and more
* Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since
* Written by a well-respected scholar in the field in an accessible style for students and scholars

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hess, Gary R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface viii
1 From the Streets to the Books: The Origins of an Enduring Debate 1
2 A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? 23
3 "Kennedy Exceptionalism," "Missed Opportunity for Peace," or "Lost Victory?": The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 49
4 The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat": The Clausewitzian Alternative 84
5 The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War": The "Hearts?]and?]Minds" Prescription for Victory 111
6 The Media and the War: Irresponsible or Balanced Journalism? 133
7 The Tet Offensive: Decisive American Victory or Devastating Loss? 155
8 Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War: A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?" 179
9 Conclusion: The War's "Lessons" 209
Bibliography 218
Index 221

Über Autor(innen)

Gary R. Hess is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, where he taught for forty-five years. His publications include The United States at War, 1941-1945 (Wiley, 3rd edition, 2010), Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq (rev. ed., 2009), Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War 1941-1945 (1998), and The United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asian Power (1987).