Origins of the Vietnam War

Name: Origins of the Vietnam War
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ISBN: 9780582319189

ISBN-10: 0582319188

ISBN-13: 9780582319189

Edition: 2002

Authors: Fredrik Logevall

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Fredrik Logevall sets the context to the conflict in Vietnam from the end of the Indochina War in 1954 to the eruption of the full scale war in 1965. The author assesses the war's impact upon international relations.

Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 174
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Fredrik Logevall is Professor of History at Cornell University.



Introduction to the Series


Note on Referencing System


Acknowledgements


List of Abbreviations


Maps


Chronology



Introduction: The Problem



The Background



The Franco-Vietminh War


The Coming of the French


Ho Chi Minh


The Franco-Vietminh War


Dien Bien Phu



The Origins Of The Vietnam War



The Diem Experiment


The Geneva Conference


A Yogi-like Mystic


Frictions in the West


American Realism?


Turmoil in the South, Consolidation in the North



The Crisis Deepens


A New Team in Washington


The Fall 1961 Decisions


The Credibility Imperative


Fleeting Gains: 1962


Summer of Discontent


Give Peace a Chance?


No Nhus is Good News



The Coming Of Major War


LBJ's World


A Bleak Picture


Reassessment in Hanoi--and in Allied Capitals


Seeking 'More Flags'


Tonkin Gulf


Choice and Decision


An Opening for Diplomacy?


Escalation


The Johns Hopkins Speech


Forty-four Battalions



Assessment



An Avoidable War?



Documents


Who's Who


Bibliography


Index