{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-vietnam-war-9780631210139","title":"A Companion to the Vietnam War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. It represents the best current scholarship on this controversial and influential episode in modern American history.   * Highlights issues of nationalism, culture, gender, and race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Overall, this collection will inform and challenge readers, who will discover stimulating perspectives that deliver on Young and Buzzanco’s claims, comprising a welcome addition to the literature.” \u003ci\u003eHistory: Reviews of New Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The quality of the essays... make it an easy recommendation to those looking at the war.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This terrific collection of twenty-four original articles is as valuable for the teacher as for the student of the Vietnam War. The contributors, who universally rank among the foremost experts on both the War and Southeast Asian history, utilize diverse frameworks and diverse sources to produce diverse perspectives. Young and Buzzanco warrant praise and thanks for assembling a volume sure to become mandatory reading.” \u003ci\u003eRichard Immerman, Temple University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“These stimulating essays on both the Southeast Asian and American sides of the war contribute valuable new insights into old debates, such as presidential decisions, and leading-edge investigations into new issues, such as ethnicity, gender, and memory.” \u003ci\u003eDavid L. Anderson, University of Indianapolis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Hanoi’s Long Century 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStein Tonnesson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1 THE VIETNAMESE IN CONTEXT 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 In Search of Ho Chi Minh 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Duiker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Belated Asian Allies: The Technical and Military Contributions of Japanese Deserters (1945-50) 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher E. Goscha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Realities and Consequences of War in a Northern Vietnamese Commune 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShaun Malarney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The My Tho Grapevine and the Sino-Soviet Split 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 “Vietnam” as a Women’s War 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren G. Turner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 11 THE AMERICANS  IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONTEXT 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Before the War: Legacies from the Early Twentieth Century in United States-Vietnam Relations 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne Foster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Franklin Roosevelt, Trusteeship, and US Exceptionalism: Reconsidering the American Vision of Postcolonial Vietnam 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Bradley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Dreaming Different Dreams: The United States and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert K. Bridham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 JFK and the Myth of Withdrawal 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwin E. Moise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam During the Johnson Years 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Buzzanco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 A Casualty of War: The Break in American Relations with Cambodia, 1965 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenton Clymer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Last Casualty? Richard Nixon and the End of the Vietnam War, 1969-75 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLloyd Gardner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Remembering Nixon’s War 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Eisenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 America’s Secret War in Laos, 1955-75 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred W McCoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 111 AMERICANS AT HOME AND ABROAD 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Missing in Action in the Twenty-First Century 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 African Americans and the Vietnam War 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Westheider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Mexican Americans and the Viet Nam War 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Mariscal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 “They’ll Forgive You for Anything Except Being Weak”: Gender and US Escalation in Vietnam 1961-65 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Dean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Antiwar Movement 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Tischler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Veterans Antiwar Movement in Fact and Memory 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Prados\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Sanctuary!: A Bridge Between Civilian and GI Protest Against the Vietnam War 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael S. Foley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Knowledge at War: American Social Science and Vietnam 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael E. Latham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The War on Television: TV News, the Johnson Administration, and Vietnam 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChester J Pach, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompiled by Amy E. Blackwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 491\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359082807639,"sku":"9780631210139","price":154.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631210139.jpg?v=1754123510","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-the-vietnam-war-9780631210139","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}