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UNINA9910782382103321 |
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Autore |
Turley William S |
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Titolo |
The Second Indochina War [[electronic resource] ] : a concise political and military history / / William S. Turley |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2009] |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49614-X |
9786612496141 |
0-7425-5745-6 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
Southeast Asia |
Vietnam Politics and government 1945-1975 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Figures, Maps, and Tables; About the Book; Preface; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; Chapter 01. Legacies of Time; Chapter 02. Between Two Wars; Between Two Wars; Chapter 03. Fateful Decisions; Chapter 04. Americanization; Chapter 05. Air War; Chapter 06. Tet; Chapter 07. The Road to Paris; Chapter 08. After the Americans; Chapter 09. Of Lessons and Their Price; Appendix A: Annual Troop Movement from North to South and Casualties en Route, May 1959 to April 1975-Group 559 and American Estimates; Appendix B: Revolutionary Armed Forces and Population in the B2 Theater |
Further ReadingIndex; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this classic history of the ""Vietnam Wa""' as seen by all participants takes into account the wealth of research and writing on the war since the book's original publication more than two decades ago. Leading scholar William S. Turley combines original research, thorough knowledge of the literature, his own insight from many trips to Vietnam during and since the war, and sound interpretation into a succinct and well-crafted analysis that provides balanced treatment of the Vietnamese, Lao, |
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