{"product_id":"vietnam-9781405125277","title":"Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVietnam\u003c\/i\u003e, Gary R. Hess describes and evaluates the main arguments of scholars, participants, and journalists, both revisionist and orthodox in their approach, as they try to answer fundamental questions of the Vietnam War. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClearly examines the historiography of the Vietnam War\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuestions whether the Vietnam War was lost due to poor strategy and leadership, or was inherently doomed to failure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a bibliographic essay which complements the literature discussed in the text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a book one will wish to assign to students: it lays out, with enviable clarity, what is at stake, what evidence exists for reaching a judgment, what various historians have concluded on the basis of the evidence they use and\/or ignore, and Hess's own position on the matter. Because he is an honest historian, Hess does not pretend to be neutral.” (\u003ci\u003eInternational History Review\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\"[Hess] has simply provided the best general overview of the literature on the Vietnam War that has been written to date.\" (\u003ci\u003eReview of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Gary Hess’s new book is a survey of the scholarship on the Vietnam War which pits this revisionist historiography (the so-called ‘winnable’ war tradition) against the more numerous orthodox historiography (the ‘unwinnable’ war tradition) ... .[The book is] an enormously stimulating volume which usefully organises the literature on thematic lines and clarifies the battle lines between the orthodox and revisionist schools.\" (\u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 From the Streets to the Books: The Origins of an Enduring Debate 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 “Kennedy Exceptionalism” or “Missed Opportunity for Peace” or “Lost Victory?” – The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Revisionist Critique of the “Other War” – The Clausewitzian Alternative 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Revisionist Critique of the “Strategy for Defeat” – The Clausewitzian Alternative 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Media and the War: Shaping or Reflecting Public Opinion? 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Tet Offensive: A decisive American Victory or a Prolongation of Stalemate? 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War; A “Lost Victory” or “Neither Peace nor Honor?” 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conclusion 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 214\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407863193943,"sku":"9781405125277","price":80.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405125277.jpg?v=1730500777","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vietnam-9781405125277","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}