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Book SynopsisA group of veterans of the war explain how we misjudged our ability, ignored Afghan culture, and set ourselves up to fail.Trade Review"A measured and clear-eyed look at the deep rooted challenges embedded in the ongoing effort to achieve a stable and successful outcome in Afghanistan--many of which are of our own making through inattention to the history and culture of this complex nation. As NATO Commander with overall strategic command of the operation, I watched four successive ISAF Commanders--loyal subordinates and brilliant Generals all--try and fail to overcome the inherent contradictions in our approach. This collection of well sourced essays illuminates our collective failures, despite the best of intentions."--Admiral James Stavridis "USN (Ret), Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2009-2013 " "Our Latest Longest War is a unique collection of essays, written by those who actually implemented Afghanistan policy in the field, not by the senior government officials halfway around the world in Washington. The complexity and difficulty of counterinsurgency warfare are made clear in this superbly edited book. A must read for government and military leaders tempted to frame decisions as overly simplistic binary choices, and for those who are called upon to serve at 'the tip of the spear' and face realities not understood and acknowledged at the strategic level."--Karl W. Eikenberry "ambassador and Lieutenant General, retired, US Army, Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Stanford " "Nothing has ever been easy in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, and the essays in Our Latest Longest War convey that accurately, thoughtfully, and unblinkingly. This superb collection of essays by scholars and practitioners illuminates the innumerable challenges and harsh realities with which those of us engaged in Afghanistan contended in our collective endeavor to ensure that the country was never again a sanctuary for Al Qaeda or other transnational extremists--as it was when the 9/11 attacks were planned there."--General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret), Commander, "US Central Command 2008-10, Intnl Security Assistance Force & US Forces in Afghanistan 2010-11 "

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Book SynopsisPresents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise.Trade Review"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney's book is designed to challenge Western perceptions of the kamikaze generation. By assembling brief biographies of some of the young Japanese who perished on suicide missions, and by quoting extensively from their wartime diaries and poetry, she portrays a group of literate, thoughtful people, most of whom hated the war and were reluctant to die." - Sunday Telegraph (UK) "If we wish to understand the phenomenon of terrorism in the modern world... the first and most necessary step is to understand our enemies. We must give respect to our enemies as courageous and capable soldiers enlisted in an evil cause, before we can understand them. Kamikaze Diaries gives us a basis on which to build both respect and understanding." - Freeman J. Dyson, New York Review of Books "The poems, letters, and diaries featured in this book give the lie to the notion that Japan was unified behind the war.... Kamikaze Diaries is a timely and necessary correction of a popular myth, and an important contribution to the understanding of Japan at war." - Economist"

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Book SynopsisPresents diaries and correspondence left by kamikaze pilots and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. These kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This work is useful for those interested in the history of Japan and World War II.Trade Review"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney's book is designed to challenge Western perceptions of the kamikaze generation. By assembling brief biographies of some of the young Japanese who perished on suicide missions, and by quoting extensively from their wartime diaries and poetry, she portrays a group of literate, thoughtful people, most of whom hated the war and were reluctant to die." - Sunday Telegraph (UK) "If we wish to understand the phenomenon of terrorism in the modern world... the first and most necessary step is to understand our enemies. We must give respect to our enemies as courageous and capable soldiers enlisted in an evil cause, before we can understand them. Kamikaze Diaries gives us a basis on which to build both respect and understanding." - Freeman J. Dyson, New York Review of Books "The poems, letters, and diaries featured in this book give the lie to the notion that Japan was unified behind the war.... Kamikaze Diaries is a timely and necessary correction of a popular myth, and an important contribution to the understanding of Japan at war." - Economist"

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Book SynopsisWhy did almost 1000 highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's kamikaze operations at the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? This study of the role of the state in pushing imperial ideology shows the power of symbolic communication.

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Book SynopsisExploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1: "We are Beaten": Women, Natalism, and Familialism from the Third Republic to Vichy 2: "The Blood Tax of Motherhood": Vichy and the Regulation of Female Sexuality 3: "To Make Men of Them"? Education for a New France 4: Vichy In/Action: Mobilizing Men and "Family" 5: "Do Not Expect Too Much from the State": Images, Words, and Action in Vichy's Welfarism 6: "In the Present Circumstances": Women's Work, Women's Dependency 7: A Story of Women? Vichy and the Politics of Abortion, 1942-44 Conclusion: The Etat Francais and the Politics of Gender Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order.

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Book SynopsisAmerican soldiers overseas during World War II were famously said to be overpaid, oversexed, and over here. But the assaults, rapes, and other brutal acts didn't only happen elsewhere, far away from a home front depicted as safe and unscathed by the good war. To the contrary, millions of American and Allied troops regularly poured into ports like New York and Los Angeles while on leave. Euphemistically called friendly invasions, these crowds of men then forced civilians to contend with the same kinds of crime and sexual assault unfolding in places like Britain, France, and Australia. With unsettling clarity, Aaron Hiltner reveals what American troops really did on the home front. While GIs are imagined to have spent much of the war in Europe or the Pacific, before the run-up to D-day in the spring of 1944 as many as 75% of soldiers were stationed in US port cities, including more than three million who moved through New York City. In these cities, largely uncontrolled soldiers soughTrade Review“Phrases like ‘the Good War,’ and ‘The Greatest Generation’ reassure us of the Second World War’s redemptive power. With Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq all clouding living memory, we can look back to a necessary war, fought by selfless volunteers against ruthless enemies. You can believe this fully, and Hiltner’s Taking Leave, Taking Liberties will still give you pause. Hiltner traces the mobilization of millions of men over the course of four years, and he explores the contradiction between fighting ideals and the spectacular rise of crime, sexual violence, assaults, and urban disorder wherever soldiers gathered on the home front. It is a fresh contribution to the history of World War II, of masculinity, and of violence.” -- Elliott Gorn, Loyola University Chicago“Hiltner shines a light on a little-known conflict that occurred on the American home front in World War II: one wrought by brawny and belligerent GIs who caroused and terrorized their way through liberty cities across the country. Rejecting military and civilian control, these men took the spoils of war for themselves, leaving civilians—often women—to fend for themselves. This is not a comforting story about the American home front in World War II, but it is a vital one with important lessons for today.” -- Kara Dixon Vuic, Texas Christian University“In this innovative study of World War II, Hiltner shows us another side of the home front: the ‘friendly invasions’ of US servicemen on leave in US liberty ports. The chaos that ensued—drunken brawls, racial and sexual violence, civilian-military conflict—reveals a darker side of wartime America and the far-reaching impact of the militarization of urban life.” -- Marilynn S. Johnson, Boston College"Taking Leave, Taking Liberties offers a whole new way of thinking about a moment in history we thought we already knew. From Times Square to Hollywood Boulevard to San Francisco’s Barbary Coast, servicemen on leave transformed the landscapes and economies of cities, upended civil-military relations, and redefined what Americans thought it meant to be a man. GI Joe, you’ve met your match in Hiltner: this is the freshest take on the World War II home front in a generation.” -- Christopher Capozzola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology“An important and powerful contribution to the literature on the World War II home front. Hiltner recovers the long-forgotten history of American liberty ports and reveals that U.S. civil-military relations were far more violent and chaotic than most Americans may want to believe.” -- Aaron O’Connell, University of Texas at Austin"Highly recommended. . . Well-written." * Choice *"Taking Leave, Taking Liberties is highly recommended for all those readers interested in what really happened in America during World War II. . . . Hiltner presents a far different portrait of what actually transpired on the home front. It is not a pretty picture." * The Journal of America's Military Past *"Taking Leave, Taking Liberties makes an important contribution to our understanding of the impact of World War II on American society and deserves a large audience. . . . In an engaging narrative, Hilter outlines a combination of factors that led to the breakdown of law and order in many port cities during World War II." * History *“Taking Leave, Taking Liberties is [Hiltner’s] first book. And what a book it is.” -- Laurence M. Vance * LewRockwell.com *"In this well-written and well-documented book, Hiltner ef­fectively explores the development of a privileged, empowered GI culture and the consequences of unchecked superiority and aggres­sive masculinity that was unleashed in cities nationwide. In doing so, Hiltner adds an especially important and powerful chapter to the WWII civil-military story." * Home Front Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction What Happened on the Home Front Chapter One Making the Military Man Chapter Two Taking Liberty Chapter Three Women Face the Uniform Chapter Four The Militarized City Epilogue Postwar Invasions and Occupations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography of Primary Sources Index

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented look at both the ground-level world of the common soldier and a deeply felt rendering of the experience of being a body in war.Trade Review“A tightly focused, graphic illustration of the many ways that war is hell. . . . Roberts, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, pulls together brutal accounts from soldiers who participated in the “three campaigns [that] left high-water marks for infantry misery: the 1943-44 winter campaign in the Italian mountains, the summer 1944 battles in Normandy, and the 1944-45 winter battles in northwest Europe.” As the author shows with vivid detail, their trials went far beyond exposure to enemy action. . . . Roberts uses her sources to powerful effect, and the illustrations and photos, while sometimes disturbing, add to the narrative impact.” * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *“This accessible account, based on a solid foundation of primary and secondary sources, offers a fascinating window into the world of combat soldiers, shorn of nostalgia. A welcome purchase for libraries, and a must for readers interested in firsthand perspectives of World War II.” * Library Journal *"In this concise study, Roberts does much to illuminate the responses of soldiers to the conditions of war. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *“Sheer Misery is a sheer masterpiece in a genre pioneered by the likes of John Keegan and Paul Fussell. Like them, Roberts writes not about commanders and their strategies but about ordinary soldiers and their sufferings. With a rare blend of warm empathy and cool detachment, she portrays war-fighting not as a romantic tale of guts, glory, and fame, but a wretched trial of tedium, pain, and fear. Gritty, intimate, and compelling, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the true character of warfare.” * David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 *"Wonderfully rich. . . The reader is given a vivid sense of what it was like to endure a bombardment, see a dead body for the first time or suffer a wound and its subsequent treatment. By focusing on the everyday misery of the unwashed men on the ground, this study provides a timely reminder that, in the words of another US General, ‘war is hell’." * History Today *“Sheer Misery offers a vivid, visceral, and often gruesome picture of battlefield Europe through soldiers’ own words. It stands apart from most books about battle in World War II in that it does not delve deeply into grand strategies or tactics or even follow a close chronological narrative of the campaign. Roberts instead creates 'a somatic history of war' to reveal how the soldier’s body itself became a site of conflict. . . . Sheer Misery offers a compelling new perspective on battle in World War II and certainly sets aside any sanitized image of the infantryman’s experiences fighting across Western Europe.” * Canadian Journal of History *“Thoroughly researched and skillfully written, Sheer Misery is an extraordinary examination of how American, British, and German soldiers endured the rigors of combat and battled the forces of nature in the campaigns for Italy, France, and the Low Countries. Roberts thoroughly details the essence of fighting in nasty and brutish conditions, the struggle infantrymen faced to stay alive, and the impact of war on their bodies.” * Peter Mansoor, author of The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945 *"An exceptional account of the common soldier's experience during war. The acclaimed historian delves into diaries and letters of enlisted Allied soldiers in Europe, to train her humane and unsparing eye on their corporeal hardship and misery." * The Bookseller *"[An] aptly titled and keenly insightful study of the experience of combat in the Second World War. . . Roberts is an uncommonly perceptive historian of culture, identity, and historically contingent sensibilities. . . . Roberts writes with sensitivity and empathy about common soldiers, and has delved deeply enough into their personal accounts to recreate their mental worlds." * H-War *"[Roberts] vividly evokes the horrendous sights of battle, its awful sounds, smells, and feel. . . Her perceptive and enlightening book will reward careful reading by both scholars and general readers interested in the world of combat troops in Europe during the Second World War." * Michigan War Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Senses 2: The Dirty Body 3: The Foot 4: The Wound 5: The Corpse Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“It is the ‘righteous pleasure in retribution’ that worries Meltzer in Dark Lens, a work of scholarship organized around a collection of previously unpublished amateur photographs, taken by Jeanne Dumilieu (the author’s mother), that feature ruins in the wake of the Allied bombings of Germany. . . . Our gaze is precisely what Meltzer is interested in investigating. What and how do we see when we see these photos? Can we even see the ruin as such? This proposition suggests a provocative way of rereading the history of interest in and representation of ruins. Perhaps our enduring obsession with them—and our drive to depict and behold them—is fueled by our very inability to reckon with destruction.” -- Nathan Goldman * Lapham's Quarterly *“Meltzer’s Dark Lens is based around a couple of dozen snaps which her mother, a Frenchwoman who had been in the Resistance, took of ruined German cities immediately after the war. This personal angle whets the reader’s appetite, as does the reminder of just how strangely fascinated we all are by ruins.” -- James Hawes * The Spectator *"Dark Lens offers striking insights into Meltzer’s childhood experiences as a foreigner in a defeated land. . . The book is elegantly written and cogently argued." * German Studies Review *“A cache of Jeanne Dumilieu’s previously unpublished photographs of these destroyed German cityscapes forms the focal point of Dark Lens, a genre-defying book that is at once a family photo album, an autobiographical meditation, a cultural history of ruins, and a rigorous work of photographic criticism. . . . Meltzer’s latest book is a welcome addition to scholarship that, in the last decade, has finally begun to take photography seriously as a medium that can productively complicate historical understandings of traumatic history.” * Central European History *"Meltzer’s book is a fascinating study of a long-gone but still resonant period and raises important ethical and aesthetic questions. It is written with elegance and grace, and it deserves respectful attention from German Studies scholars." * Monatshefte *“Meltzer has written a masterpiece—an intensely personal, beautifully expressed, and reflective critical interrogation of transgenerational haunting in relation to the ruins that dominated her own childhood in post-War Germany. One special feature of Meltzer's writing is the subtle and riveting range of perspectives she brings. It is rare to find such voices so superbly melded in so urgent and important a text." -- Jas Elsner, University of Oxford“Can catastrophe and the suffering of others be persuasively represented so as to reduce human suffering? In Dark Lens, Meltzer addresses this question fully, with a theoretically versatile examination of attempts to capture catastrophes in words and images. Meltzer stresses the historical and ethical contexts in which these texts demand to be read but recognizes that no amount of theorizing or moralizing will domesticate the upsetting incongruities she lays bare.” -- Werner Sollors, author of The Temptation of Despair: Tales of the 1940s"Meltzer’s meditation on her mother’s searing photographs of German ruins is bold yet subtle. Dark Lens tears these images out of the continuum of history to examine civilian suffering. Meltzer suggests a way of looking at pictures of destruction without lapsing into either moral relativism or another cycle of blame and retribution." -- Ulrich C. Baer, New York University"Can we escape the Romantics’ aesthetization of ruins when we 'read' Germany’s ruins? Do the texts, paintings and photographs allow us to 'see' the suffering of civilians – then and now? No other ruin scholar has raised the ethical questions provoked by these haunting ruinscapes as subtly and rigorously as Meltzer. When she leaves us alone with her mother’s photographs, Meltzer’s probing reflections have prepared us to think about what a concept of ruin art might mean in this politically treacherous context." -- Julia Hell, co-editor of Ruins of Modernity and author of The Conquest of Ruins: The Third Reich and the Fall of RomeTable of ContentsWhat I Remember By Way of Beginning 1 When Words Fail: Writing Disaster 2 Ruination in Painting: Making the Unspeakable Visible 3 Through a Lens, Darkly: Texts and Images 4 Suffering and Victimization Foregone and Other Conclusions Appendix Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow do you convince men to charge across heavily mined beaches into deadly machine-gun fire? The author tells the troubling story of how the US military command systematically spread - and then exploited - the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available. The resulting chaos horrified the war-weary and demoralized French population.Trade Review"In this vivid account of Gls in wartime France, Mary Louise Roberts documents how the Greatest Generation was sometimes as badly behaved beyond the battlefield as it was brave in combat. What Soldiers Do is not a conventional history. It deeply-and often colorfully-textures our understanding of the experiences of men at war, the contours of mid-twentieth-century sexual (and racial) mores, and the frequently ignorant and even lurid attitudes toward other peoples that attended America's ascent to global hegemony." -David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War"

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Book SynopsisIn the Tet Offensive of 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a massive countrywide attack on South Vietnam. This work claims Hanoi won a strategic victory. It begins with a historical overview of the events leading up to the offensive, the attack itself, and the consequent battles of Saigon, Hue, and Khe Sahn.Trade ReviewAn excellent supplementary text for college and university courses. Library Journal A careful and judicious evaluation... Students especially will find this invaluable. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs The Tet Offensive will be of great value to military professionals, historians, and Vietnam veterans. -- Col. Gordon W. Keiser, U.S. Marine Corps Proceedings [A] well-written, and helpful reference... The Tet Offensive is enjoyable reading and an important new addition. -- MAJ John M. Hawkins Military Review Thorough... An excellent work worthy of inclusion in collections of studies on the Vietnam War. -- Larry K. Burke The Journal of Military History Without a doubt, this work will become the initial resource that student and historians alike will pull off the shelf to comprehend this seminal military event... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Maps AbbreviationsPart I Historical OverviewChapter 1. PreludeAmerican Public Opinion Public Relations and Westmoreland's Optimism Troop Disposition The Communist Decision to Conduct the Offensive The Plan Preparing for the OffensiveChapter 2. Border Battles, Hill Fights, and Khe SanhKhe Sanh The Hill Fights Operation Niagara The Siege of Khe Sanh BeginsChapter 3. The Tet OffensiveThe Offensive Begins The Battle for Saigon The Battle at the U.S. Embasssy Attacks Around the City The Battle of Cholon TEt CountrywideChapter 4. The Battle for HueThe Battle Begins The Marines Respond Fighting in the New City The Fight for the CitadelChapter 5. The Siege of Khe SanhThe Fall of Lang Vei Resupplying the Marines Tactical Air Support A New Attack Lifting the SiegeChapter 6. The Impact of the Tet OffensivePolitical Fallout The Request for Additional Troops The New Hampshire Primary The Presidential Election of 1968Chapter 7. Assessing the Tet OffensivePart II Issues and InterpretationsChapter 8. Motivations and Objectives of the Tet OffensiveChapter 9. Military Intelligence and the Surprise at TetChapter 10. What Happened at Hue?Chapter 11. Why Khe Sanh?Chapter 12. Tet and the MediaChapter 13. Tet and the American Military StrategyNotesPart III Chronology, 1967-68Part IV The Tet Offensive A to ZPart V DocumentsPresident Johnson's "San Antonio Formula" Speech of September 29, 1967Directive on Forthcoming Offensive and Uprisings, Priovincial Party Standing Committee, 1 November 1967Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam, November 13, 1967 (Extract)Address by Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, November 21, 1967 (Extract)"Saigon Under Fire," CBS News Special Report, January 31, 1968Memorandum from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler for the President, February 12, 1968 (Extract)Walter Cronkite's "We are Mired in Stalemate" CBS News Broadcast, February 27, 1968Report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler on the Situation in Vietnam and MACV Force Requirements, February 27. 1968 (Extract)Summary of Notes from March 26, 1968, Meeting Between President Lyndon Johnson and the Wise MenPresident Johnson's Address to the Nation Announcing His Decision Not to Seek Reelection, March 31, 1968Part VI ResourcesGeneral WorksEncyclopedias, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Guides, and Atlases General Histories, Anthologies Biographies Memoirs Vietnamese Perspectives Oral Histories Document CollectionsLyndon Johnson and the WarThe Tet OffensiveThe Battle of HueThe Siege of Khe SanhThe Hill Fights and Border BattlesPresident Lyndon Johnson and the MediaMilitary Intelligence and TetU.S. Strategy in VietnamCombat After-action Reports and Command HistoriesMicrofilm/MicroficheDocumentary FilmsElectronic ResourcesWeb Sites CD-ROMsArchives and LibrariesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn excellent supplementary text for college and university courses. Library Journal A careful and judicious evaluation... Students especially will find this invaluable. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs The Tet Offensive will be of great value to military professionals, historians, and Vietnam veterans. -- Col. Gordon W. Keiser, U.S. Marine Corps Proceedings [A] well-written, and helpful reference... The Tet Offensive is enjoyable reading and an important new addition. -- MAJ John M. Hawkins Military Review Thorough... An excellent work worthy of inclusion in collections of studies on the Vietnam War. -- Larry K. Burke The Journal of Military History Without a doubt, this work will become the initial resource that student and historians alike will pull off the shelf to comprehend this seminal military event... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Maps AbbreviationsPart I Historical OverviewChapter 1. PreludeAmerican Public Opinion Public Relations and Westmoreland's Optimism Troop Disposition The Communist Decision to Conduct the Offensive The Plan Preparing for the OffensiveChapter 2. Border Battles, Hill Fights, and Khe SanhKhe Sanh The Hill Fights Operation Niagara The Siege of Khe Sanh BeginsChapter 3. The Tet OffensiveThe Offensive Begins The Battle for Saigon The Battle at the U.S. Embasssy Attacks Around the City The Battle of Cholon TEt CountrywideChapter 4. The Battle for HueThe Battle Begins The Marines Respond Fighting in the New City The Fight for the CitadelChapter 5. The Siege of Khe SanhThe Fall of Lang Vei Resupplying the Marines Tactical Air Support A New Attack Lifting the SiegeChapter 6. The Impact of the Tet OffensivePolitical Fallout The Request for Additional Troops The New Hampshire Primary The Presidential Election of 1968Chapter 7. Assessing the Tet OffensivePart II Issues and InterpretationsChapter 8. Motivations and Objectives of the Tet OffensiveChapter 9. Military Intelligence and the Surprise at TetChapter 10. What Happened at Hue?Chapter 11. Why Khe Sanh?Chapter 12. Tet and the MediaChapter 13. Tet and the American Military StrategyNotesPart III Chronology, 1967-68Part IV The Tet Offensive A to ZPart V DocumentsPresident Johnson's "San Antonio Formula" Speech of September 29, 1967Directive on Forthcoming Offensive and Uprisings, Priovincial Party Standing Committee, 1 November 1967Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam, November 13, 1967 (Extract)Address by Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, November 21, 1967 (Extract)"Saigon Under Fire," CBS News Special Report, January 31, 1968Memorandum from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler for the President, February 12, 1968 (Extract)Walter Cronkite's "We are Mired in Stalemate" CBS News Broadcast, February 27, 1968Report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler on the Situation in Vietnam and MACV Force Requirements, February 27. 1968 (Extract)Summary of Notes from March 26, 1968, Meeting Between President Lyndon Johnson and the Wise MenPresident Johnson's Address to the Nation Announcing His Decision Not to Seek Reelection, March 31, 1968Part VI ResourcesGeneral WorksEncyclopedias, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Guides, and Atlases General Histories, Anthologies Biographies Memoirs Vietnamese Perspectives Oral Histories Document CollectionsLyndon Johnson and the WarThe Tet OffensiveThe Battle of HueThe Siege of Khe SanhThe Hill Fights and Border BattlesPresident Lyndon Johnson and the MediaMilitary Intelligence and TetU.S. Strategy in VietnamCombat After-action Reports and Command HistoriesMicrofilm/MicroficheDocumentary FilmsElectronic ResourcesWeb Sites CD-ROMsArchives and LibrariesIndex

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Book SynopsisDescribes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use the weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II.Trade ReviewA rich resource to the complex and often profoundly controversial questions surrounding the bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Reference & Research Book News Lucid and careful summaries of the issues...[a] substantial and well-chosen collection of documents from American and Japanese sources -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Not only comprehensive but so engaging... This is a book for every library. -- Joe P. Dunn American Reference Books Annual An indispensable book. -- Robert James Maddox Journal of Cold War Studies Innovative. -- Philip Nash H-Diplo By giving the nuclear debate life before the Cold War, Kort revitalizes it for a new complex era. The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb makes a valuable contribution. -- Jay Larson Peace and ChangeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Historical Narrative 1. The Debate Over Hiroshima 2. Building the Atomic Bomb 3. The Pacific War 4. The Decision to Drop the Bomb 5. The Japanese Government, Ketsu-Go, and Potsdam 6. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Japan's Surrender 7. Hiroshima and American Power Part II. Key Questions and Interpretations Part III. Resources Chronology Glossary of Military Terms and Abbreviations Glossary of Names Selected Bibliography Part IV. Documents Guide to the Documents A. American Civilian Documents B. American Military Documents C. MAGIC Diplomatic Summaries D. Japanese Government Documents, Military Documents, and Diary Entries E. Japanese Surrender Documents F. United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report and Interrogations of Japanese Officials G. Statements of Japanese Officials on World War II, Military Intelligence Section, Historical Division, U.S. Army Notes Index

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Book SynopsisCombining research with illustrations, this book presents an account of the saturation bombing, rendering in detail the annihilation of cities such as Dresden, the jewel of Germany's rich art and architectural heritage.Trade ReviewExhaustive and harrowing ... Friedrich's aim seems to be not only to wrest the history of German suffering from the clutch of the far right but to rescue the glories of German history from the twelve years of Hitler's thousand-year Reich. -- Ian Buruma New York Review of Books The Fire represents the continuation of Friedrich's generation's indictment of National Socialism--except now the finger is pointed at the Allies, and sympathy is extended to the civilian Germans who were their victims. The Nation What W. G. Sebald lamented about the lack of open discourse on the air war appears to have been blown apart with the publication of The Fire. -- Noah Isenberg Bookforum Jorg Friedrich's achievement in The Fire has been to tell this tale of death and destruction with a rare plasticity and vividness. German Historical Institute London Bulletin Riveting. TIME Europe [Jorg Friedrich] describes in stark, unrelenting and very literary detail what happened in city after city as the Allies dropped 80 million incendiary bombs on Germany... There is ... an edginess to Friedrich's writing and commentary, an emotional power. New York Times Jorg Friedrich tells the story from the viewpoint of the bombed with... great skill and objectivity. -- Paul Johnson The American Spectator Thorough and methodical... Friedrich's book underscores that precision bombing is anything but a scientific enterprise. -- Stanley Hoffman Foreign Affairs Mr. Friedrich deserves credit for both his diligence and his descriptive powers. Economist An indictment both of Hitler's appropriation of German history and of the Allies' destruction of a nation's culture... Thoughtful and detailed. Library Journal This is a book that demands to be read, no matter how uncomfortable the experience. -- David Cesarani The Independent [A] haunting book... forceful, incendiary. Atlantic Monthly A well-documented piece of historical writing... [that] is also a poignant, lyrical and terrible account of human suffering. -- Adam R. Seipp Houston Chronicle A vivid and powerful critique of war... [The Fire is] fascinating, ground-breaking, and thought-provoking. -- Roger Moorhouse BBC History Magazine Recommended. Choice A contribution to the German literature of remembrance; it is also a passionate denunciation of the excesses of the air war. -- Harold Dorn Technology and CultureTable of Contents1. Weapon 2. Strategy 3. Land 4. Protection 5. We 6. I 7. Stone Editorial Remarks Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[A] brilliantly edited anthology featuring a wide variety of essays by the finest experts in the field... Essential. Choice An accessible and coherent account of the war's course, from before the United States' involvement to the North's eventual victory. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Essential reading. Masterfully written by the most prominent authorities on the Vietnam War. -- Shelton Woods Journal of World History A timely book with contemporary relevance, published at a time when America's experience in Vietnam continues to figure prominently in discussions about strategy and defense... Highly recommended. -- James H. Willbanks Parameters The major attraction of this volume is its winning combination of accessibility, authority, and intellectual depth. The editor should be congratulated for assembling a collection that should appeal across a wide spectrum of readers, from advanced college students to those with more expert knowledge on the war, who are looking for fresh insight or a cogent summary of an extensive literature. -- Matthew Jones Journal of American History David Anderson and Columbia University Press have published an important addition to Vietnam War literature. It is strongly recommended for all scholars and students of the Vietnam War and should be included in all academic libraries with an interest in this area. -- Peter Bush The Journal of Military History [An] invaluable study. The Scotsman With its sterling lineup of scholars, The Columbia History provides keen insights into the history of the war in Vietnam that are accessible to a broad readership and informative we grapple with current wars. -- R.V. Lee Vietnam The invaluable Columbia History of the Vietnam War offers cautionary lessons even as our nation fights three wars and continues planning for and spending enormous amounts for our inevitable future wars. -- Murray Polner History News NetworkTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction: The Vietnam War and Its Enduring Historical Relevance David L. Anderson Part I. Chronological Perspectives 1. Setting the Stage: Vietnamese Revolutionary Nationalism and the First Vietnam War, by Mark Philip Bradley 2. "Dealing with a Government of Madmen": Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem, by Richard H. Immerman 3. South Vietnam Under Siege, 1961-1965: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Question of Escalation or Disengagement, by Gary R. Hess 4. Lyndon Johnson and the Bombing of Vietnam: Politics and Military Choices, by Lloyd C. Gardner 5. Turning Point: The Vietnam War's Pivotal Year, November 1967-November 1968, by Robert J. McMahon 6. Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War: The Paradox of Disengagement with Escalation, by Jeffrey P. Kimball Part II. Topical Perspectives 7. American Strategy in the Vietnam War, by John Prados 8. The Village War in Vietnam, 1965-1973, by Eric Bergerud 9. Fighting for Family: Vietnamese Women and the American War, by Helen E. Anderson 10. Vietnamese Society at War, by Robert K. Brigham 11. "Hey, Hey, LBJ!": American Domestic Politics and the Vietnam War, by Melvin Small 12. Cambodia and Laos in the Vietnam War, by Kenton Clymer Part III. Postwar Perspectives 13. The Legacy of the Vietnam War, by Robert D. Schulzinger 14. The Vietnam Syndrome, by George C. Herring List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe Columbia History of the Vietnam War offers new perspectives on the political, historical, military, and social issues that defined the war and its effect on the U.S. and Vietnam. This collection with contributions by leading scholars is essential to understanding America's entanglement in the Vietnam War and the history of modern Vietnam.Trade Review[A] brilliantly edited anthology featuring a wide variety of essays by the finest experts in the field... Essential. Choice An accessible and coherent account of the war's course, from before the United States' involvement to the North's eventual victory. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Essential reading. Masterfully written by the most prominent authorities on the Vietnam War. -- Shelton Woods Journal of World History A timely book with contemporary relevance, published at a time when America's experience in Vietnam continues to figure prominently in discussions about strategy and defense... Highly recommended. -- James H. Willbanks ParametersTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction: The Vietnam War and Its Enduring Historical Relevance David L. Anderson Part I. Chronological Perspectives 1. Setting the Stage: Vietnamese Revolutionary Nationalism and the First Vietnam War, by Mark Philip Bradley 2. "Dealing with a Government of Madmen": Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem, by Richard H. Immerman 3. South Vietnam Under Siege, 1961-1965: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Question of Escalation or Disengagement, by Gary R. Hess 4. Lyndon Johnson and the Bombing of Vietnam: Politics and Military Choices, by Lloyd C. Gardner 5. Turning Point: The Vietnam War's Pivotal Year, November 1967-November 1968, by Robert J. McMahon 6. Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War: The Paradox of Disengagement with Escalation, by Jeffrey P. Kimball Part II. Topical Perspectives 7. American Strategy in the Vietnam War, by John Prados 8. The Village War in Vietnam, 1965-1973, by Eric Bergerud 9. Fighting for Family: Vietnamese Women and the American War, by Helen E. Anderson 10. Vietnamese Society at War, by Robert K. Brigham 11. "Hey, Hey, LBJ!": American Domestic Politics and the Vietnam War, by Melvin Small 12. Cambodia and Laos in the Vietnam War, by Kenton Clymer Part III. Postwar Perspectives 13. The Legacy of the Vietnam War, by Robert D. Schulzinger 14. The Vietnam Syndrome, by George C. Herring List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisEver since Eve tempted Adam with her apple, women have been regarded as a corrupting and destructive force. This book reveals how the media and the administration frequently use metaphors of weaponry to describe women and female sexuality and forge a deliberate link between notions of vulnerability and images of violence.Trade ReviewStraightforward and provocative... Recommended. CHOICE Women as Weapons of War is rich and fascinating and stands as an example of how philosophical analysis can enrich our political self-understanding. -- Serene J. Khader philoSOPHIATable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll 1 Women-The Secret Weapon of Modern Warfare? 19 Sexual Freedom as Global Freedom? 47 Perpetual War, Real Live Coverage! 67 Innocence, Vulnerability, and Violence 109 Conclusion: Witnessing Ethics Again 151 Notes 167 Texts Cited 185 Index 195

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewStraightforward and provocative... Recommended. CHOICE Women as Weapons of War is rich and fascinating and stands as an example of how philosophical analysis can enrich our political self-understanding. -- Serene J. Khader philoSOPHIATable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll 1 Women-The Secret Weapon of Modern Warfare? 19 Sexual Freedom as Global Freedom? 47 Perpetual War, Real Live Coverage! 67 Innocence, Vulnerability, and Violence 109 Conclusion: Witnessing Ethics Again 151 Notes 167 Texts Cited 185 Index 195

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOral history is a difficult genre to master, and by taking the works of Studs Terkel as his example, Mark Kukis has set the bar even higher. Yet he succeeds brilliantly, not only by the aptness and vividness of these accounts but also by his selection of the interviewees. -- Ali A. Allawi, former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq, and senior visiting fellow at Princeton University Amid the looting and the blood-letting in Baghdad, Mark Kukis salvages some treasures. Voices from Iraq is like nothing we've seen yet in the writing on the war--the stories of everyday survival weave a tapestry both illuminating and haunting. No serious study of the invasion and occupation can do without this book. -- Quil Lawrence, former NPR Baghdad Bureau chief and author of Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East An eloquent, well-selected narrative of the Iraqi invasion and devastating aftermath.Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews A moving account of the impact of war and occupation on ordinary people. -- Glenn C. Altschuler Minneapolis Star Tribune This book is necessary reading for any serious practitioner or student of small wars. -- Michael Few Small Wars JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction A Note on Civilian Casualties Part One The Sanctity of Guns and Shrines Ra'ad Obaeid Hussein Ahmed Abu Ali An Army in Defeat Gassan Abdul Wahed Ined Baha'a Nouri Yasseen Hussein al-Awadie Mohammed Khalil Hamed The Roads of Falling Cities Rahma Abdul Kareem Abbas Mohammed Abbas Abdul al-Hur Farid Hadi Abdul Zahra Ali al-Shaheen Tahseen al-Shaikhli A Guest for Mr. Axe Ali Abdul Majid Home No More Abdul Hadi Isma'il Hitting Back Omar Yousef Hussein Part Two An End to Exile Ayad Allawi Mithal al-Alusi The Coming of a War Within Abu Mustapha Azhar Abdul-Karim Abdul-Wahab Ahmed Ibrahim Abdul Wahab Ka'ab Zuhir Ahmed Saman Dlawer Hussein Old Foes Mohammed Ra'ad Ahmed The Edge of Battles Hayder Hamid Jawad Luay Ali Hussein Adel Rasheed Majeed A Saying About Luck Abdul Wahab Fuad Abdul Wahab Part Three A New Order Ali Jawad Kadhem Saddam Hatif Hatim al-Jabouri Sami Hilali Hayfa Kareem Sabi'a Rasim Hassan Haikel Moving Days Khail Ibrahim al-Nasir Um Omar Ibrahim Ishmael Khalil Yousef Aboud Ahmed and Anham Muhana Hasoon Ali Ibrahim Baher Khalid Adnan Khalid The Price of Sons Zaid Allwan Jafar Salim Kamel Shawal Questions and Answers Moustafa Ahmed al-Ta'ee Part Four The Mouths of Soldiers Sajad al-Hakim Wissam al-Rashied Saif Majeed al-Ta'ee A Visit to the Temple Hussein Radhi Zuboon House to House Captain Emad Zahra Ech'daf Sangur and Fackria Zugai'er Khata Paths to Safety Maysoon Mahdi Usra J'bara Hadi The Face of a Savior Ali Mohammed Hial Waking Up Sheik Hamid al-Hais Sheik Ahmed Buzai Abu Risha and Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha Sheik Mustafa Kamil Hamad Shabeeb al-Jabouri Ahmed Basim Mohammed al-Abaje Laughing to Bucca Ra'ad Jamal Habib Part Five Keeping to the Neighborhood Ali Fahed Mahmood Less Than Whole Ali'a Anwer Majid Rana Abdul Mahdi Beloveds Lost and Found Maysoon Jahil Obeid Shiek Jamal Jassim Sudani Rajiha Jihad Jassim Entasar Abud Tahan Salma Hamid The Makings of Another Life Hamida Rahdi Salah Hassan Risn Badr al-Ruba'i Ala'a Alzobeidi Hayder Mohammed Jodah Salah Hamid Jasim Hassan Ali Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisUnder Siege is Rashid Khalidi’s firsthand account of the 1982 Lebanon War and the complex negotiations for the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut.Trade ReviewA gold-mine of empirical evidence and insights for students of decision-making under crisis. Khalidi is first and foremost an involved historian... [his] work is a much needed and welcome contribution to the modern literature on Middle Eastern history and politics. -- Fawaz A. Gerges Bulletin (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) Khalidi presents an objective and closely reasoned analysis of the defeat of the P.L.O. and its allies. The study reveals the effect of battlefield events on the complex quadrilateral diplomacy between the P.L.O., the Lebanese government, the U.S. and Israel. Publishers Weekly A unique perspective on PLO decisionmaking not available in materials previously published by Israeli and Western writers. Middle East Journal A first-rate study. Foreign Affairs Khalidi is eloquent and judicious... The reader is rewarded with many insights into guerilla warfare... equally valuable and compelling are his sketches of how military peace-keeping failed because of American diplomatic naivete. Under Siege is painful to read. It is also essential. Military Affairs Khalidi's very thorough analysis will provide vital material for historians of this most futile and destructive of all wars between Israel and its Arab neighbors. International Affairs An extremely valuable analysis of how and why the P.L.O. made the decisions it did during that fateful summer of 1982. For students of the Middle East, his generally objective, lucid and incisive account of P.L.O. decisionmaking fills a critical void in the literature about the Israeli invasion. -- Thomas L. Friedman The New York Times [An] important study. -- Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Journal of Palestine StudiesTable of ContentsPreface to the 2014 Reissue Preface Introduction 1. The P.L.O. and the Lebanese Before the 1982 War 2. The Fall of South Lebanon and the Siege of Beirut: A Military Overview 3. P.L.O. Decisions: The Military Inputs 4. June 1982: The Decision to Leave Beirut 5. July 1982: The Decision to Accept the Habib Plan 6. Wartime Decisions and Their Consequences Appendix List of Abbreviations Cast of Characters Notes Bibliography Supplementary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHomecomings tells the story of late-returning Japanese soldiers and their struggle to adapt to a newly peaceful and prosperous society.Trade ReviewA bracing, riveting, and lucid retelling of postwar Japanese culture, Homecomings is the best kind of cultural history, capturing the mesh of experience, memory, history, and representation. The book reveals the psychic and ethical complexities of the lives of soldiers who returned to a defeated nation. It shows how postwar Japanese culture was created out of those experiences and how they were narrated and represented across culture in writing, photography, and film. -- Alan Tansman, director, Townsend Center of the Humanities, University of California, Berkeley Homecomings tells the stories of six repatriated Japanese soldiers. Yoshikuni Igarashi shows how Japan's mass media represented these men and how they grappled with their media images. By focusing on returnees from the immediate postwar years as well as those from the 1970s, Igarashi tells a rich story of the decades-long struggle of the Japanese people to come to terms with the awful experience of the war. -- Andrew Gordon, Harvard University As masterfully recounted by Yoshikuni Igarashi, these stories of Japanese soldiers who returned home years (and sometimes decades) after 1945 are revealing, sometimes heartbreaking and often confounding, and thoroughly fascinating. Homecomings details how servicemen belatedly repatriated from Soviet labor camps and Southeast Asian and Pacific Island jungles could become both painful reminders and powerful icons in a postwar Japan eager to distance itself from and mythologize a deeply troubled past. -- Bill Tsutsui, president and professor of history, Hendrix College Homecomings is a brilliant cultural history of mass-mediated negotiations of Japan's 'postwar' from the 1940s through the 1970s and beyond. Yoshikuni Igarashi brings close and sympathetic attention to the ironies, hypocrisies, and inconsistencies that colored the landscape of reintegration after Japan's disastrous empire and war. -- Franziska Seraphim, Boston College A remarkable, detailed study of life in Japan and all countries in Asia involved in WW II and its aftermath... Recommended. Choice The author deftly examines the conflict between the need for returnees to verbalize their experiences and the government's attempt to smother the past, burying the legacies of war and colonialism under a newer, brighter postwar narrative. Japan TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Personal Names and Names of War Introduction 1. Life After the War: Former Servicemen in Postwar Japanese Film 2. The Story of a Man Who Was Not Allowed to Come Home: Gomikawa Junpei and The Human Condition (Ningen no joken) 3. Longing for Home: Japanese POWs in Soviet Captivity and Their Repatriation 4. "No Denunciation": Ishihara Yoshiro's Soviet Internment Experiences 5. Lost and Found in the South Pacific: Postwar Japan's Mania Over Yokoi Shoichi's Return 6. Rescued from the Past: Onoda Hiro'o's Endless War 7. The Homecoming of the "Last Japanese Soldier": Nakamura Teruo/Shiniyuwu/Li Guanghui's Postwar Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHomecomings tells the story of late-returning Japanese soldiers and their struggle to adapt to a newly peaceful and prosperous society. Yoshikuni Igarashi explores what Japanese society accepted and rejected, complicating the definition of a postwar consensus and prolonging the experience of war for both Japanese soldiers and the nation.Trade ReviewA bracing, riveting, and lucid retelling of postwar Japanese culture, Homecomings is the best kind of cultural history, capturing the mesh of experience, memory, history, and representation. The book reveals the psychic and ethical complexities of the lives of soldiers who returned to a defeated nation. It shows how postwar Japanese culture was created out of those experiences and how they were narrated and represented across culture in writing, photography, and film. -- Alan Tansman, director, Townsend Center of the Humanities, University of California, BerkeleyHomecomings tells the stories of six repatriated Japanese soldiers. Yoshikuni Igarashi shows how Japan's mass media represented these men and how they grappled with their media images. By focusing on returnees from the immediate postwar years as well as those from the 1970s, Igarashi tells a rich story of the decades-long struggle of the Japanese people to come to terms with the awful experience of the war. -- Andrew Gordon, Harvard UniversityAs masterfully recounted by Yoshikuni Igarashi, these stories of Japanese soldiers who returned home years (and sometimes decades) after 1945 are revealing, sometimes heartbreaking and often confounding, and thoroughly fascinating. Homecomings details how servicemen belatedly repatriated from Soviet labor camps and Southeast Asian and Pacific Island jungles could become both painful reminders and powerful icons in a postwar Japan eager to distance itself from and mythologize a deeply troubled past. -- Bill Tsutsui, president and professor of history, Hendrix CollegeHomecomings is a brilliant cultural history of mass-mediated negotiations of Japan's 'postwar' from the 1940s through the 1970s and beyond. Yoshikuni Igarashi brings close and sympathetic attention to the ironies, hypocrisies, and inconsistencies that colored the landscape of reintegration after Japan's disastrous empire and war. -- Franziska Seraphim, Boston CollegeThe author deftly examines the conflict between the need for returnees to verbalize their experiences and the government's attempt to smother the past, burying the legacies of war and colonialism under a newer, brighter postwar narrative. * Japan Times *This eloquent volume will no doubt become a work to which diverse audiences— scholars, students, and general readers with an interest in the complex events of the past—will turn repeatedly to draw lessons about modern Japan’s pained relationship with the vestiges of its failed empire. * Pacific Affairs *Homecomings adds rich substance to history. * Asian Affairs *A remarkable, detailed study of life in Japan and all countries in Asia involved in WWII and its aftermath. . . . Recommended. * Choice *The great strength of Homecomings is its discerning analysis of how antiwar memories have been mediated in the postwar period. It is best suited for advanced undergraduates and graduate students with some grounding in the historiography of imperial Japan and postcolonial topics like repatriation. -- Kristine Dennehy, California State University–Fullerton * Michigan War Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Personal Names and Names of WarIntroduction1. Life After the War: Former Servicemen in Postwar Japanese Film2. The Story of a Man Who Was Not Allowed to Come Home: Gomikawa Junpei and The Human Condition (Ningen no joken)3. Longing for Home: Japanese POWs in Soviet Captivity and Their Repatriation4. "No Denunciation": Ishihara Yoshiro's Soviet Internment Experiences5. Lost and Found in the South Pacific: Postwar Japan's Mania Over Yokoi Shoichi's Return6. Rescued from the Past: Onoda Hiro'o's Endless War7. The Homecoming of the "Last Japanese Soldier": Nakamura Teruo/Shiniyuwu/Li Guanghui's PostwarEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn Terror Flyers , military historian Kevin Hall (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) offers a well researched and detailed study of incidents of Lynchjustiz (lynch justice) against US airmen in Nazi Germany during World War II. Earlier literature long ago identified the violence against some US Air Corps crew members who were forced to bail out over Germany. Hall uses several new sources to prove the number of such cases was much larger than previously thought, with a focus on the culpability of both civilians and the National Socialist regime * Michigan War Studies Review *Terror Flyers brings to light a less-known history and integrates a psycho-social analysis of Germany's Nazis, both civilian and official, and the dastardly punishment they meted out to several downed Allied flyers by ignoring their injuries, physically assaulting them, and then simply killing them. -- Sheldon Goldberg * H-TGS *Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of ChartsList of TablesAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Uninvited Guests: Experiences Of Downed Airmen2. American "Terror Flyers" In German Propagandaiii3. The History And Escalation Of Lynchjustiz In Germany4. Analysis Of The Flyer Trials5. Lynchjustiz Narratives6. Examining The Motives Of LynchjustizConclusionAppendix A—Lynchjustiz DocumentsAppendix B—Newspaper ExamplesAppendix C—Index Of Flyer TrialsAppendix D—Unsolved CasesAppendix E—List Of Known Airmen Held At St. Giles PrisonAppendix F—List of Known Airmen held in PrisonsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJonathan Huener, professor of history at the University of Vermont, has produced a definitive study of the Catholic Church in western Poland under German occupation -- Kevin P Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College * Contemporary Church History Quarterly *Jonathan Huener's careful examination of the fate of the Catholic Church in western Poland—the Nazi German "Warthegau"—during World War II triangulates an impressive variety of sources in German and Polish to assess Nazi religious policy and the experience of Polish Catholics victimized by it. . . . This is essential reading for those interested in Nazi empire, Polish nationalism, or the history of the Catholic Church. -- Jadwiga Biskupska * H-Poland *Huener's book is an impressive new contribution to scholarship on Nazi church policies and occupation policies and will be essential reading for all those working in these fields. Nicely complementing Catherine Epstein's biography of Arthur Greiser, it provides a meticulously researched and judicious account of Nazi rule in this pivotal German-Polish borderland. -- Jim Bjork * Central European History *This impeccably researched study proffers an invaluable analysis and a first Anglophone synthesis of Polish, German, and Catholic sources, while it also assimilates an important secondary literature in Polish and German, including the recent, ground-breaking Polish historiography on the Holocaust. -- Monika Rice * Journal of Church and State *The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation by Jonathan Huener is an engaging study that asks important questions about the Nazi attitude towards the Catholic Church in general, and the Polish Catholic Church in particular. Interestingly, as Huener emphasizes, the Nazi policy towards the Catholic Church was neither consistent throughout the war nor uniform in all the Nazi-occupied territories. . . . The book is a fascinating addition to what we know about the way the Nazi regime operated. It is great work that will be beneficial to historians of Poland, the Second World Word, and Nazism. But it is also a great book for both undergraduate and graduate students. -- Anna Mller * Church History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsList of Geographic TermsList of IllustrationsList of MapsGuide to Polish PronunciationIntroduction1. Tannenberg: The Einsatzgruppen and the Polish Clergy, Fall 19392. Größte Härte: The Invasion of Poland: Ideology and Execution3. Hetzkaplan: The Polish Church and the "Agitator Priest" in Nazi Ideology4. Mustergau: The Reichsgau Wartheland as "Model Gau"5. Dominselaktion: The "Cathedral Island Action"6. Deportacja: The Deportation and Incarceration of the Clergy7. Kult: Restrictions on Public Religious Life8. Profanacja: Profanation and Plunder9. Nationalitätenprinzip: National Segregation in Church Life10. Dreizehn Punkte: From the "Thirteen Points" to the "September Decree"11. Zerschlagung: The "Action for the Destruction of the Polish Clergy"12. Dachau: Polish Clergy in the Concentration Camp Dachau13. Nonnenlager: Women Religious in the Bojanowo Labor Camp14. Späne: Kirchenpolitik in the Warthegau, 1942-194415. Parafia: Parish Life16. Konspiracja: Resistance and Conspiracy17. "Et papa tacet"? Pius XII and the Church in the Warthegau18. Kurswechsel: A Change in CourseConclusionBibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJonathan Huener, professor of history at the University of Vermont, has produced a definitive study of the Catholic Church in western Poland under German occupation -- Kevin P Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College * Contemporary Church History Quarterly *Jonathan Huener's careful examination of the fate of the Catholic Church in western Poland—the Nazi German "Warthegau"—during World War II triangulates an impressive variety of sources in German and Polish to assess Nazi religious policy and the experience of Polish Catholics victimized by it. . . . This is essential reading for those interested in Nazi empire, Polish nationalism, or the history of the Catholic Church. -- Jadwiga Biskupska * H-Poland *Huener's book is an impressive new contribution to scholarship on Nazi church policies and occupation policies and will be essential reading for all those working in these fields. Nicely complementing Catherine Epstein's biography of Arthur Greiser, it provides a meticulously researched and judicious account of Nazi rule in this pivotal German-Polish borderland. -- Jim Bjork * Central European History *This impeccably researched study proffers an invaluable analysis and a first Anglophone synthesis of Polish, German, and Catholic sources, while it also assimilates an important secondary literature in Polish and German, including the recent, ground-breaking Polish historiography on the Holocaust. -- Monika Rice * Journal of Church and State *The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation by Jonathan Huener is an engaging study that asks important questions about the Nazi attitude towards the Catholic Church in general, and the Polish Catholic Church in particular. Interestingly, as Huener emphasizes, the Nazi policy towards the Catholic Church was neither consistent throughout the war nor uniform in all the Nazi-occupied territories. . . . The book is a fascinating addition to what we know about the way the Nazi regime operated. It is great work that will be beneficial to historians of Poland, the Second World Word, and Nazism. But it is also a great book for both undergraduate and graduate students. -- Anna Mller * Church History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsList of Geographic TermsList of IllustrationsList of MapsGuide to Polish PronunciationIntroduction1. Tannenberg: The Einsatzgruppen and the Polish Clergy, Fall 19392. Größte Härte: The Invasion of Poland: Ideology and Execution3. Hetzkaplan: The Polish Church and the "Agitator Priest" in Nazi Ideology4. Mustergau: The Reichsgau Wartheland as "Model Gau"5. Dominselaktion: The "Cathedral Island Action"6. Deportacja: The Deportation and Incarceration of the Clergy7. Kult: Restrictions on Public Religious Life8. Profanacja: Profanation and Plunder9. Nationalitätenprinzip: National Segregation in Church Life10. Dreizehn Punkte: From the "Thirteen Points" to the "September Decree"11. Zerschlagung: The "Action for the Destruction of the Polish Clergy"12. Dachau: Polish Clergy in the Concentration Camp Dachau13. Nonnenlager: Women Religious in the Bojanowo Labor Camp14. Späne: Kirchenpolitik in the Warthegau, 1942-194415. Parafia: Parish Life16. Konspiracja: Resistance and Conspiracy17. "Et papa tacet"? Pius XII and the Church in the Warthegau18. Kurswechsel: A Change in CourseConclusionBibliography

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Book SynopsisFollows the journey of a strikingly homogenous group of young academics - who came from the educated, bourgeois stratum of society - as they started to identify with the Nazi concept of Volksgemeinschaft, which labeled Jews as enemies of the people and justified their murder.Trade Review"Michael Wildt's examination of the leadership corps of Himmler's 'Reich Security Main Office'... is a major work in every sense." - Richard Bessel, The Times Literary Supplement "Wildt's exceptionally well-written book is easily accessible." - Alexander Arndt, Jewish Political Studies Review "Michael Wildt has undoubtedly written an authoritative study of the RSHA, that will, for years to come, be a great aid for historical research concerning National Socialist Germany." - Saul Friedlander, author of When Memory Comes"

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Book SynopsisDespite the apparent incompatibility between Mozart's humanitarian and cosmopolitan outlook and Nazi ideology, the Third Reich tenaciously promoted the great composer's music to further the goals of the fascist regime. This book provides a fresh understanding of how the Nazis shamelessly manipulated Mozart for their own political advantage.Trade Review"The story is complicated and many-faceted, yet Levi provides the detail and the context necessary for a convincing narrative. The tone, journalistic and anti-sensational throughout, could scarcely be more effective. . . . This intriguing study comprehends a range of vital topics, and seems oddly pertinent to the present day. Highly recommended."—B.J. Murray, Choice -- B.J. Murray * Choice *"Mozart and the Nazis is a well-researched, detailed account of perceptions about Mozart, his music, and his legacy in the Third Reich and beyond. . . . The rich detail provided in Mozart and the Nazis gives readers a wealth of material for gaining a deeper understanding of how such an important musical figure can be mythologized and exploited to serve both universalist and exclusionary political philosophies."—Pamela Potter, H-Judaic -- Pamela Potter * H-Judaic *

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Book SynopsisFeatures Stalin's leadership from the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 to his death in 1953. This book challenges a long list of standard perceptions of Stalin: his qualities as a leader; his relationships with his own generals and with other great world leaders; his foreign policy; and his role in instigating the Cold War.Trade Review"'... an astonishing defence of the Soviet dictator... This will provoke lively debate and is a must-read for anyone with an interest in Stalin and his times.' BBC History Magazine 'There have been many books on Stalin in recent years, a few good, some not so bad and the rest pretty poor. This is one of the best, and one of the most useful. Why? Because for the first time we now have a balanced overall account of the great dictator's foreign policy in crucial years.' Paul Dukes, History Today"

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Book SynopsisOn September 7, 1940, the Blitz began. The strategic bombing of London, by over one thousand planes on that night alone, was recognised at the time as being a direct measure to break the country's resistance, 'softening' Britain's shores for the planned Operation Sealion. This book describes the impact that this terror had on the British people.Trade Review"'Stansky makes well-judged use of eyewitness accounts to highlight the reality behind the myth. Nick Rennison, The Sunday Times 'He offers a vivid account of how Londoners withstood attack. Recent events have shown how that resilient spirit lives into our own day. William Hay, Literary Review 'There is no shortage of books about the Blitz, but Peter Stansky's is up there with the best.' John O'Connell, Time Out"

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Book SynopsisA new perspective on the calamitous fall of France in 1940 and why blame has been misplaced ever sinceTrade Review"A well thought-out and well-presented book on a thorny problem of European history: why was France defeated in 1940?"—Robert Gildea, author of Marianne in Chains -- Robert Gildea

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Book SynopsisA riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the first major Allied victory of the Second World WarTrade Review“A riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the major Allied victory of the Second World War… draws on an array of previously unseen documents to provide both a detailed campaign history and a fresh appreciation of the first significant Allied success of the war.”—Andrew Stewart, Army Rumour Service“Stewart’s engagingly written narrative goes far towards correcting the obscurity that has lingered over this important theatre of the Second World War. Communicated in lively prose and rich in anecdotes, the book will surely reach a wide audience both within the academy and beyond. . . [it] will be welcome as a comprehensive introduction to the East Africa campaign, and will certainly be useful to historians of the British, Italian, Indian and African militaries.”—Dr Oliver Coates, Journal of Military History 'Exciting and multilayered, this is a comprehensive account of an overlooked campaign in which an outnumbered imperial army destroyed Mussolini’s dream of a new Roman Empire. Fighting over vast distances and inhospitable terrain, forces from the Congo, Ethiopia and across the British Empire recorded the Allies' first major triumph. With its mastery of archival sources, The First Victory displays Andrew Stewart’s skill as an historian of Second World War campaigns and their political and strategic context. An exhilarating read.'—Ashley Jackson, author of Churchill‘This is a highly readable account of a little-known military campaign and an important addition to our understanding of the Second World War. The author is to be congratulated on penning an authoritative and well-written book.'—Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC, author of Victoria Cross Heroes

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Book SynopsisThe first book about Albatross Press, a Penguin precursor that entered into an uneasy relationship with the Nazi regime to keep Anglo-American literature alive under fascismTrade Review“For one who has, since boyhood, regarded the second-hand bookshop as a paradise of total immersion, it is quite shocking to discover Albatross…Troy’s account is a painstaking act of exhumation… she sticks tenaciously to her unique dig, presenting us with a remarkable reconstruction.”—Duncan Fallowell, Spectator“Strange Bird is intensely researched and eminently readable--there’s even a harrowing escape story at its center. The lingering mystery of our principal, German-born Englishman John Holroyd-Reece, who may have been a spy, adds an element of intrigue as well. Troy’s book is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in publishing history, World War II, or modern Anglo-American literature.” —Stephen Darori, Israel Book Review “A cuckoo in the literary Nazi nest… Strange Bird is a story of art and business, but, given its ominous setting in Auden’s ‘low dishonest decade’ it is a story of war and politics too.”—Robert Eaglestone, THES“Beautifully written, more like a novel in places, but the story the author has uncovered is almost too implausible for the plot of the novel . . . This is part history, part biography, part novel, part academic treatise, part detective story, part bibliographical research, but above all it’s a thoroughly enjoyable read.”—Paperback Revolution“Troy narrates their stories with verve and considerable literary skill, practising narrative history in the literal sense, borrowing tropes and strategies from detective fiction.”— Anna Katharina Schaffner, TLS“Strange Bird reads like a highbrow thriller, where editors are double agents and all the great modern authors put in cameo appearances. That, along with Michele Troy’s engaging and personal style of writing, makes this book a page-turner.”—Jonathan Rose, author of The Literary Churchill"Strange Bird, a scholarly book that reads like an engrossing spy novel, vividly re-creates the strangeness of the book trade during the Third Reich and is one of the most original books on the publishing industry that's appeared in years."—Greg Barnhisel, Duquesne University"Thoroughly researched and compellingly written, this fascinating microhistory of a German-based English-language publisher adds depth and subtlety to our understanding of the cultural policy of the Third Reich."—Alan E. Steinweis, University of Vermont"A wonderfully fine-grained narrative history of publishers, books, and readers across and within borders amid the constraint and chaos of Nazi-occupied Europe. Troy has dug deeply into the archives and the historical literature to document the cynical policy of Goebbels not only to censor but to demonstrate 'civilized' German 'tolerance' to the world."—Geoffrey Cocks, Albion College"This beautifully crafted book is a detective novel and psychological portrait rolled into one. Troy's in-depth archival research reveals her protagonists' aspirations, and the web of political intrigues and economic imperatives in which they became entangled."—Adriaan van der Weel, Universiteit Leiden

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Book SynopsisCritical acclaim for Sisters in the Resistance Often moving . . . always fascinating . . . women in the FrenchResistance is a key subject. Margaret Weitz has gathered personaltestimonies . . . and set them in an intelligible context thathelps us understand how all French people--men andwomen--experienced the Nazi occupation. --Robert Paxton, MellonProfessor of Social Sciences, Columbia University, and author ofVichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944. Compulsive reading . . . a valuable book which vividly portraysthe intricacies of resistance within France, written in an easy butserious style. --Times Literary Supplement (London). An absolutely stunning and compelling chronicle of dauntlesscourage and unflagging patriotism. --Booklist. [Margaret Collins Weitz''s] well-researched, thoughtful study. . .has filled a gap in the history of World War II. --PublishersWeekly. Balancing absorbing narrative and astute analysis, MargaretCollinsTable of ContentsWomen and the War-within-a-War. France under German Occupation. French Women under the Vichy Regime. Organizing Resistance in France. Resistance: A Family Affair. Young and Alone. War Is a Man's Affair. Support Services: Women's Eternal Vocation. Dangerous Liaisons. Room and Board: Critical Concerns. Choosing Roles. Collaboration. Conclusion: Women and the Legacy of the Resistance. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Classical Spies will be a lasting contribution to the discipline and will stimulate further research. Susan Heuck Allen presents to a wide readership a topic of interest that is important and has been neglected.”- William M. Calder III, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Book SynopsisHistorians are increasingly looking at the sacrifices Germans had to make during World War II. In this context, Svenja Goltermann has taken up a particularly delicate topic, German soldiers' experience of violence during the war, and repercussions of this experience after their return home.

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Book SynopsisNewly revised resources for understanding the Rape of Nanking

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Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, the discovery of unmarked mass graves revealed Europe's worst atrocity since World War II: the genocide in the UN safe area of Srebrenica. This title provides an account of the genetic technology developed to identify the eight thousand Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) men and boys found in those graves.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Note on Pronunciation Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina Introduction 1. The Fall of Srebrenica 2. The People and Place of Postwar Srebrenica 3. A Technological Innovation 4. Memory at Work 5. Where Memory and Imagination Meet 6. Return to Potocari 7. "That you see, that you know, that you remember" 8. Technology of Repair Epilogue Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA study of the Vietnamese conflict, examined through the lens of the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in the rural province of Long An up until American intervention in the area.Trade Review"Timeless." Asia Times "The work's success in bringing clarity to its analysis of that attack owes much to its long neglected social science, to Jeffrey Race." New Mandala; Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Group "I've gotten more out of re-reading War Comes to Long An ... than just about anything other than Robert Warburton's classic memoir, Eighteen Years in the Khyber, 1879-98 (1900)." The American Interest

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Book SynopsisOffers a challenging reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. This title examines the US and Japanese empires as they struggled to manage racialized populations while waging total war.Trade Review"[A] monumental history... This magisterial book will be indispensable reading for historians of the United States, Japan, and Korea." -- Kornel S. Chang, Rutgers University Jrnl Of American History "[This book] is very important and should be read and studied by all serious students of Asian studies, Japanese American studies, and the Pacific War... Highly recommended." Choice "Truly impressive archival work and rigorous conceptualization... Provides compelling narratives and analyses of Japanese colonialism in Korea." -- Henry Em, Yonsei University Cross Currents: East Asian History & Cultural Review "This is a masterful study... An important and brave contribution to the fields of Japanese, Korean, Japanese American, and transnational histories." -- Emily Anderson Asian Studies Review "Outstanding ... Meticulously researched and brilliantly written." -- Daniel Lachapelle Lemire Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Note on Romanization and Naming Commonly Used Acronyms Introduction: Ethnic and Colonial Soldiers and the Politics of Disavowal Part One: From Vulgar to Polite Racism 1. Right to Kill, Right to Make Live: Koreans as Japanese 2. "Very Useful and Very Dangerous": The Global Politics of Life, Death, and Race Part Two: Japanese as Americans 3. Subject to Choice, Labyrinth of (Un)freedom 4. Reasoning, Counterreasonings, and Counter-conduct 5. Go for Broke, the Movie: The Transwar Making of American Heroes Part Three: Koreans as Japanese 6. National Mobilization 7. Nation, Blood, and Self-Determination 8. The Colonial and National Politics of Gender, Sex, and Family Epilogue: "Four Volunteer Soldiers" Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a personal perspective to the war in Iraq by looking into the lives of six veterans who turned against the war they helped to fight. Based on interviews with each of the six, this book relates why they enlisted, their experiences in training and in early missions, their tours of combat, and what has happened to them since returning home.Trade Review"The book is noteworthy for capturing the multifaceted nature of veterans' experiences and performs a valuable service by providing a vehicle for the circulation of dissenting voices within the military." -- JoonHyun Michael Choi * American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsContents Introduction A Different Kind of War Story Part I Innocence 1 Recruiting Volunteers 2 Training 3 First Missions Part II War's Crucible 4 Inside Iraq, on the Outskirts of Reality 5 Face to Face with Iraqi Civilians 6 Awakenings Part III Aftermath and Activism 7 Homecoming Traumas 8 Speaking Out Conclusion Six Soldiers Acknowledgments Notes Glossary

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Book SynopsisIn agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam anticipated a new period of peace leading to national reunification under their rule; they never imagined that within a decade they would be engaged in an even bigger feud with the United States. This title explores the communist path to war.Trade Review"Highly recommended." CHOICE "Excellent new [work] on the Vietnam War." -- Geoffrey C. Stewart Cross-Currents "Outstanding... Illuminating." Proceedings "A valuable contribution to any discussion of North Vietnam's road to war, and the origins of the American stage in the Vietnam War." -- Tal Tovy H-Net "Asselin's excellent study ... will remain an indispensible source for students of Vietnam, the Cold War, and twentieth-century world history for many years to come." -- Jessica Elkind The Journal of American History "This authoritative and compelling book fills a long-felt need for a scholarly treatment of policy making in Hanoi during the Vietnam War. Pierre Asselin has conducted careful and exhaustive research into available Vietnamese and Western archival sources and consulted widely secondary writings on his topic. The result is a meticulously researched, lucidly written, and highly revealing volume on a previously obscure aspect of the Indochina conflict... Asselin pushes the frontier of our knowledge about Hanoi's strategic thinking and diplomatic maneuver during the Indochina conflict further than anyone else." Journal of American-East Asian RelationsTable of ContentsForeword by the series editors Acknowledgments Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Introduction 1. Choosing Peace, 1954--1956 2. Changing Course, 1957--1959 3. Treading Cautiously, 1960 4. Buying Time, 1961 5. Exploring Neutralization, 1962 6. Choosing War, 1963 7. Waging War, 1964 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the decades after World War II, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilian contractors across Asia and the Pacific found work through the U.S. military. Recently liberated from colonial rule, these workers were drawn to the opportunities the military offered and became active participants of the U.S. empire, most centrally during the U.S. war in Vietnam. Simeon Man uncovers the little-known histories of Filipinos, South Koreans, and Asian Americans who fought in Vietnam, revealing how U.S. empire was sustained through overlapping projects of colonialism and race making. Through their military deployments, Man argues, these soldiers took part in the making of a new Pacific world-a decolonizing Pacific-in which the imperatives of U.S. empire collided with insurgent calls for decolonization, producing often surprising political alliances, imperial tactics of suppression, and new visions of radical democracy.Trade Review"Offering an alternative view of the war, Man shifts the story’s center to the Pacific world, broadening the context so that the Vietnam War is not a discrete event, but a link in a U.S. capitalist-imperialist chain shackling East Asia." * Journal of American-East Asian Relations *"Soldiering Through Empire is an absolutely essential text for diagnosing, understanding, and resisting the ongoing race war that lies at the very heart of the (neo)liberal capitalist project. From this perspective, radical geographers would be remiss not to read Soldiering Through Empire alongside the work of an emerging cohort of junior scholars in ethnic and American studies that are all, in their own ways, sketching out intellectual and political pathways for confronting and defeating the pernicious forces of racial liberalism." * Society & Space *“Innovative. . . . In a present defined by the militarization of national borders, Man’s work can help us see the seeds of dissent sprouting below the barbed wire.” * Public Books *"This is a wide-ranging, analytically rich and insightful book which does not lose sight of the ‘big picture.’" * Connections *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 • Securing Asia for Asians: Making the U.S. Transnational Security State 2 • Colonial Intimacies and Counterinsurgency: The Philippines, South Vietnam, and the United States 3 • Race War in Paradise: Hawai‘i’s Vietnam War 4 • Working the Subempire: Philippine and South Korean Military Labor in Vietnam 5 • Fighting “Gooks”: Asian Americans and the Vietnam War 6 • A World Becoming: The GI Movement and the Decolonizing Pacific Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor the French in Indochina, the stunning defeat at Dien Bien Phu ushered in the violent process of decolonization and a fraught reckoning with a colonial past. This is an in-depth study of the competing and intertwined narratives of the Indochina War.Trade Review"There is little to criticize in this well-researched and carefully worded monograph... an insightful and important addition to the growing field of history and memory." H Net

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