{"product_id":"where-the-domino-fell-9781444350500","title":"Where the Domino Fell","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated, expanded edition of\u003ci\u003e Where the Domino Fell\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRevised 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA final chapter examines Vietnam through the lens of Oliver Stone''s films and opens up a discussion of the War in popular culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten with brevity and clarity, this concise narrative history of the Vietnam conflict is an ideal student text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA chronology, glossary, and a bibliography all serve as helpful reference points for students\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn important contribution not only to the study of the Vietnam War but to an understanding of the larger workings of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: LBJ and Vietnam ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Eternal War: The Vietnamese Heritage 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The First Indochina War, 1945–1954 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Making of a Quagmire, 1954–1960 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The New Frontier in Vietnam, 1961–1963 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Planning a Tragedy, 1963–1965 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Into the Abyss, 1965–1966 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Mirage of Progress, 1966–1967 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Tet and the Year of the Monkey, 1968 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Beginning of the End, 1969–1970 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Fall of South Vietnam, 1970–1975 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Distorted Images, Missed Opportunities, 1975–1995 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Oliver Stone’s Vietnam 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Vietnam War Chronology 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary and Guide to Acronyms 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaps\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 1 Indochina, 1995 xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 2 Vietnam, 1945 to 1975 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 3 Major battles of the Tet offensive, January 1968 169\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408395149655,"sku":"9781444350500","price":36.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444350500.jpg?v=1730502744","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/where-the-domino-fell-9781444350500","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}