Embers of War The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

Name: Embers of War The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780375504426

ISBN-10: 0375504427

ISBN-13: 9780375504426

Edition: 2012

Authors: Fredrik Logevall

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The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought over a period of three decades, the conflict drew in all the world’s powers and saw two of them—first France, then the United States—attempt to subdue the revolutionary Vietnamese forces. For France, the defeat marked the effective end of her colonial empire, while for America the war left a gaping wound in the body politic that remains open to this day. How did it happen? Tapping into newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations and making full use of the published literature, distinguished scholar Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to lose their way in…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/21/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 864
Size: 6.75" wide x 10.25" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English

Fredrik Logevall is Professor of History at Cornell University.



Preface


Prologue: A Vietnamese in Paris



Liberations, 1940-1945



"The Empire Is with Us!"



The Anti-Imperialist



Crossroads



"All Men Are Created Equal"



Colonial Struggle, 1946-1949



The Warrior Monk



The Spark



War Without Fronts



"If I Accepted These Terms I'd Be a Coward"



East Meets West, 1949-1953



"The Center of the Cold War"



Attack on the RC4



King Jean



The Quiet Englishman



The Turning Point That Didn't Turn



Eisenhower in Charge



Navarre's American Plan



The Cauldron, 1953-1954



Arena of the Gods



"We Have the Impression They Are Going to Attack Tonight"



"Vietnam Is a Part of the World"



America Wants In



Dulles Versus Eden



Valley of Tears



Peace of a Kind, 1954



With Friends Like These



"We Must Go Fast"



"I Have Seen Destiny Bend to That Will"



Seizing the Torch, 1954-1959



"We Have No Other Choice but to Win Here"



Miracle Man



Things Fall Apart


Epilogue: Different Dreams, Same Footsteps


Acknowledgments


Notes


Further Reading


Photo Credits


Index