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This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants'' actions.

  • Revised and updated to include an examination of Vietnam through the point of view of the soldiers themselves, and brings the story up to the present day through a look at how the war has been memorialized
  • A final chapter examines Vietnam through the lens of Oliver Stone''s films and opens up a discussion of the War in popular culture
  • Written with brevity and clarity, this concise narrative history of the Vietnam conflict is an ideal student text
  • A chronology, glossary, and a bibliography all serve as helpful reference points for students
  • An important contribution not only to the study of the Vietnam War but to an understanding of the larger workings of America

    Table of Contents

    Preface vii

    Prologue: LBJ and Vietnam ix

    1 Eternal War: The Vietnamese Heritage 1

    2 The First Indochina War, 1945–1954 18

    3 The Making of a Quagmire, 1954–1960 43

    4 The New Frontier in Vietnam, 1961–1963 67

    5 Planning a Tragedy, 1963–1965 93

    6 Into the Abyss, 1965–1966 117

    7 The Mirage of Progress, 1966–1967 138

    8 Tet and the Year of the Monkey, 1968 163

    9 The Beginning of the End, 1969–1970 190

    10 The Fall of South Vietnam, 1970–1975 215

    11 Distorted Images, Missed Opportunities, 1975–1995 237

    12 Oliver Stone’s Vietnam 257

    Selected Bibliography 280

    A Vietnam War Chronology 283

    Glossary and Guide to Acronyms 292

    Index 295

    Maps

    Map 1 Indochina, 1995 xii

    Map 2 Vietnam, 1945 to 1975 66

    Map 3 Major battles of the Tet offensive, January 1968 169

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    A Paperback / softback by James S. Olson, Randy W. Roberts

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/11/2013
      ISBN13: 9781444350500, 978-1444350500
      ISBN10: 1444350501
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants'' actions.

      • Revised and updated to include an examination of Vietnam through the point of view of the soldiers themselves, and brings the story up to the present day through a look at how the war has been memorialized
      • A final chapter examines Vietnam through the lens of Oliver Stone''s films and opens up a discussion of the War in popular culture
      • Written with brevity and clarity, this concise narrative history of the Vietnam conflict is an ideal student text
      • A chronology, glossary, and a bibliography all serve as helpful reference points for students
      • An important contribution not only to the study of the Vietnam War but to an understanding of the larger workings of America

        Table of Contents

        Preface vii

        Prologue: LBJ and Vietnam ix

        1 Eternal War: The Vietnamese Heritage 1

        2 The First Indochina War, 1945–1954 18

        3 The Making of a Quagmire, 1954–1960 43

        4 The New Frontier in Vietnam, 1961–1963 67

        5 Planning a Tragedy, 1963–1965 93

        6 Into the Abyss, 1965–1966 117

        7 The Mirage of Progress, 1966–1967 138

        8 Tet and the Year of the Monkey, 1968 163

        9 The Beginning of the End, 1969–1970 190

        10 The Fall of South Vietnam, 1970–1975 215

        11 Distorted Images, Missed Opportunities, 1975–1995 237

        12 Oliver Stone’s Vietnam 257

        Selected Bibliography 280

        A Vietnam War Chronology 283

        Glossary and Guide to Acronyms 292

        Index 295

        Maps

        Map 1 Indochina, 1995 xii

        Map 2 Vietnam, 1945 to 1975 66

        Map 3 Major battles of the Tet offensive, January 1968 169

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