Where the domino fell : America and Vietnam, 1945-2010 / / James S. Olson and Randy Roberts

• Autore: Olson James Stuart <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014
• Edizione: Sixth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 959.704/3373
• Soggetto topico: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States
• Soggetto geografico: Vietnam History 1945-1975; Vietnam History 1975-; Vietnam Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Vietnam
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RobertsRandy <1951->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 discu
• Titolo autorizzato: Where the domino fell
• ISBN: 1-118-60868-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452538403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II