Vietnam An American Ordeal

Name: Vietnam An American Ordeal
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ISBN: 9780131925885

ISBN-10: 0131925881

ISBN-13: 9780131925885

Edition: 5th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: George Donelson Moss

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Book details

List price: $80.40
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584



(Note: Each chapter concludes with Notes.)


Preface


Acknowledgments



A Place and a People


The Land


The Forge of History


Mission Civilisatrice


Emergent Vietnamese Nationalism


The Japanese Occupation


Roots of American Involvement


August Revolution



The Elephant and the Tiger


Return of the French


The Franco-Vietminh War


The Road to Dien Bien Phu


The Brink of War


The Geneva Solution


Lessons



An Experiment in Nation Building


Ngo Dinh Diem Takes Charge


Social Revolution in the North


Building a Nation in the South


Roots of Revolution


Land of a Million Elephants


A Failed Experiment



Raising the Stakes


Cold War Crises


A Limited Partnership


Social Revolution in the South


The Decline and Fall of Ngo Dinh Diem


A Failed Partnership



America Goes to War


The Same Only More


Coup Season


In Dubious Battle


The Election of 1964


Rolling Thunder


Dahlias and Gladioli


Americanizing the War



A Chain of Thunders


The Concept of Limited War


War of Attrition


Search and Destroy


La Drang: The Battle that Transformed a War


A Wider War


Thunder from the Air


Aerial Attrition Warfar


The Other War


Diplomatic Charades


War at Home



Year of the Monkey


Surprise Attack!



Stalemate