LEADER 04072oam 2200637 a 450 001 9910962083003321 005 20060414183108.0 010 $a9798216991373 010 $a9780313002786 010 $a0313002789 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216991373 035 $a(CKB)111056485429142 035 $a(OCoLC)614682566 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10018042 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000268952 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11214508 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268952 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243233 035 $a(PQKB)11687615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000673 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10018042 035 $a(OCoLC)929144480 035 $a(OCoLC)44516813 035 $a(DLC)BP9798216991373BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000673 035 $a(Perlego)4204055 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485429142 100 $a20000627e20012024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe war for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975 /$fAnthony James Joes 205 $aRev. ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2001. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780275968069 311 08$a0275968065 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: I Viet Nam before 1945 -- 2 The Viet Minh -- 3 The First Indochina War: 1946-1954 -- 4 After the Partition -- 5 The Viet Cong -- 6Fighting Guerrillas -- 7 The Overthrow of President Diem -- $8 The ARVN from Dien Bien Phu to Tet -- 9 The Great Tet Offensive -- 0 Vietnamization: From the Parrot's Beak to the Easter Offensive -- The United States in Viet Nam: Some Reflections -- South Viet Nam on Its Own: 1973-1975 -- The Last Days of South Viet Nam -- 14 Conclusion: Viet Nam and the Future -- Epilogue 2001: South Viet Nam's Defeat Revisited -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index. 330 8 $aLike the widely praised original, this new edition is compact, clearly written, and accessible to the nonspecialist. First, the book chronicles and analyzes the twenty-year struggle to maintain South Vietnamese independence. Joes tells the story with a sympathetic focus on South Viet Nam and is highly critical of U.S. military strategy and tactics in fighting this war. He claims that the fall of South Viet Nam was not inevitable, that an abrupt and public termination of U.S. aid provoked a crisis of confidence inside South Viet Nam that led to the debacle. Students and scholars of military studies, South East Asia, U.S. foreign policy, or the general reader interested in this fascinating period in 20th century history, will find this new edition to be invaluable reading. After discussing the principal American mistakes in the conflict, Joes outlines a workable alternative strategy that would have saved South Viet Nam while minimizing U.S. involvement and casualties. He documents the enormous sacrifices made by the South Vietnamese allies, who in proportion to population suffered forty times the casualties the Americans did. He concludes by linking the final conquest of South Viet Nam to an increased level of Soviet adventurism which resulted in the invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S. military build-up under Presidents Carter and Reagan, and the eventual collapse of the USSR. The complicated factors involved in the war are here offered in a consolidated, objective form, enabling the reader to consider the implications of U.S. experiences in South Viet Nam for future policy in other world areas. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975 607 $aVietnam$xHistory$y1945-1975 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975. 676 $a959.704/3 700 $aJoes$b Anthony James$01594433 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962083003321 996 $aThe war for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975$94337581 997 $aUNINA