Vietnam: the Necessary War A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict

Name: Vietnam: the Necessary War A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict
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ISBN: 9780684870274

ISBN-10: 0684870274

ISBN-13: 9780684870274

Edition: 2002

Authors: Michael Lind

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What went wrong in Vietnam? Michael Lind casts new light on one of the most contentious episodes in American history in this controversial bestseller. In this groundgreaking reinterpretation of America's most disatrous and controversial war, Michael Lind demolishes enduring myths and put the Vietnam War in its proper context -- as part of the global conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. Lind reveals the deep cultural divisions within the United States that made the Cold War consensus so fragile and explains how and why American public support for the war in Indochina declined. Even more stunning is his provacative argument that the United States failed in Vietnam because…

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List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 7/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682

Michael Lind, a senior fellow of the New America Foundation lives in Washington, D.C.



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Indochina Theater: The Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1946-89



Why Indochina Mattered: American Credibility and the Cold War



Inflexible Response: The U.S. Military and the Vietnam War



The Fall of Washington: The Domestic Politics of the Vietnam War



Disinformation: Vietnam and the Folklore of the Antiwar Movement



Credibility Gap: The Myth of the Presidential War



Was the Vietnam War Unjust?



The Genuine Lessons of the Vietnam War


Notes


Index