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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824636003321

Autore

Tucker Spencer <1937, >

Titolo

Vietnam / / Spencer C. Tucker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Ky. : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-35778-1

1-135-35779-X

1-280-18663-1

0-203-50237-X

0-203-16552-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Warfare and history

Disciplina

959.704

Soggetti

Military history

Vietnam History, Military

Vietnam History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; Preface; The background; French Indo-China; The Indo-China War (1946  54); The Vietnam War: the United States takes over (1954  65); The Vietnam War: the quagmire (1965  8); The Vietnam War: the US search for a way out (1968  73); The Third Vietnam War (1973  5); Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the war with China; Notes; Select bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A study of warfare in Vietnamese history encompassing socio-political, economic, and diplomatic issues. Focusing on the Vietnam War, it demonstrates how for many Vietnamese, the war was one of a long series of struggles against foreign domination.