02844nam 2200601 450 991045253840332120200520144314.01-118-60868-2(CKB)2550000001123465(EBL)1422491(OCoLC)862103740(SSID)ssj0001000800(PQKBManifestationID)11541185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000800(PQKBWorkID)10950504(PQKB)11380818(MiAaPQ)EBC1422491(Au-PeEL)EBL1422491(CaPaEBR)ebr10768990(EXLCZ)99255000000112346520130918d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhere the domino fell America and Vietnam, 1945-2010 /James S. Olson and Randy RobertsSixth edition.Hoboken :Wiley-Blackwell,2014.1 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4443-5050-1 1-299-93931-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Eternal war : the Vietnamese heritage -- The first Indochina War, 1945-1954 -- The making of a quagmire, 1954-1960 -- The new frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963 -- Planning a tragedy, 1963-1965 -- Into the abyss, 1965-1966 -- The mirage of progress, 1966-1967 -- Tet and the year of the monkey, 1968 -- The beginning of the end, 1969-1970 -- The fall of South Vietnam, 1970-1975 -- Distorted images, missed opportunities, 1975-1995 -- Oliver Stone's Vietnam. This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. Revised and updated to include an examination of Vietnam through the point of view of the soldiers themselves, and brings the story up to the present day through a look at how the war has been memorializedA final chapter examines Vietnam through the lens of Oliver Stone's films and opens up a discuVietnam War, 1961-1975United StatesVietnamHistory1945-1975VietnamHistory1975-VietnamForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsVietnamElectronic books.Vietnam War, 1961-1975959.704/3373Olson James Stuart1946-127484Roberts Randy1951-962330MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452538403321Where the domino fell2182088UNINA