Fire in the Lake The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

Name: Fire in the Lake The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780316159197

ISBN-10: 0316159190

ISBN-13: 9780316159197

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Frances FitzGerald

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Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 7/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Frances FitzGerald lives in New York.



Preface



The Vietnamese



States of Mind



Nations and Empires



The Sovereign of Discord



The National Liberation Front


Introduction


Politics of the Earth


The Origins of the National Liberation Front


A Natural Opposition


The Approach: Children of the People


Rebellion: Self-Control Is the Root of Exploitation


Organization: The Liberated Village, the NLF Command Structure, and the PRP


The Making of a Revolutionary


Marxism-Leninism in the Vietnamese Landscape



The Americans and the Saigon Government



Mise en scene



Politicians and Generals



The United States Enters the War



The Buddhist Crisis



Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel



Bad Puppets



Elections



The Downward Spiral



Prospero



Guerrillas



The Tet Offensive



Conclusion



Nixon's War



Fire in the Lake


Afterword


Notes


Bibliography


Index