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Vietnam: the (Last) War the U. S. Lost

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ISBN-10: 1931859493

ISBN-13: 9781931859493

Edition: 2008

Authors: Joe Allen, John Pilger

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As the United States now faces a major defeat in its occupation of Iraq, the history of the Vietnam War, as a historic blunder for US military forces abroad, and the true story of how it was stopped, take on a fresh importance. Unlike most books on the topic, constructed as specialized academic studies, The (Last) War the United States Lost examines the lessons of the Vietnam era with Joe Allen's eye of both a dedicated historian and an engaged participant in today's antiwar movement. Many damaging myths about the Vietnam era persist, including the accusations that antiwar activists routinely jeered and spat at returning soldiers or that the war finally ended because Congress cut off its…    
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Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication date: 6/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 150
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Joe Allen is a frequent contributor to theInternational Socialist Reviewand a long-standing social justice fighter, involved in the ongoing struggles for labor, abolition of the death penalty, and against the Iraq war.

Foreword
Introduction: The Ghosts of Vietnam
From the French Conquest to the Overthrow of Diem
From the Overthrow of Diem to the Tet Offensive
Cold War Liberalism and the Roots of the Antiwar Movement
Black America and Vietnam
From the Birth of the Antiwar Movement to 1968
The U.S. Working Class and the War
From Quagmire to Defeat
From Watergate to the Fall of Saigon
Conclusion: The Legacy of Vietnam
Notes
Further Reading
Index