Autore	Schwenkel Christina
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (281 p.)
Disciplina	959.704/3
Collana	Tracking globalization
Soggetto topico	Public opinion - Vietnam Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Foreign public opinion, Vietnamese Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Influence
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-29343-5 9786612293436 0-253-00331-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454947103321

Autore	Veith George J. <1957->
Edizione	[First American edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Encounter Books, , 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (625 p.)
Disciplina	959.704/3
Soggetto topico	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-59403-705-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	"The U.S. will react vigorously" : signing the Paris Peace Accords -- "South Vietnam will have both peace and war": the collapse of the accords -- "Enough to make the angels weep" : trading ammunition for blood -- "A rainy season like no other" : the war resumes -- "Even the gods weep for Phuoc Long" : the beginning of the end -- "How can the free world abandon us?" : waiting for the next attack -- "Good-bye for now, Ban Me Thuot" : beginning the 1975 offensive -- "Light at the top, heavy at the bottom" : decisions that destroyed a nation -- "The road of blood and tears" : the retreat from the highlands -- "Chaos and disintegration" : surrounding Saigon -- "How can I abandon this rocky soil?" : fighting to save Hue -- "The hours of hell" : the fall of I Corps -- "The sea is our only hope" : the battle for the coastal cities -- "Lightning speed, daring, surprise, certain victory" : the PAVN surrounds Saigon -- "Hold fast the remaining land" : the South Vietnamese fight back -- "No matter what happens, do not stop your attack!" : capturing Phan Rang -- "I will knock them down!" : the ARVN hold at Xuan Loc -- "Do not come home until victory is won": the fall of Saigon.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463179103321

Autore	Anderson David L. <1946->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (278 p.)
Disciplina	959.704/3
Collana	Columbia guides to American history and cultures
Soggetto topico	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-231-50738-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- PART I. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE -- 1. Studying the Vietnam war -- 2. Vietnam: Historical Background -- 3. United States: Historical Background -- 4. The French War in Vietnam -- 5. The Diem Years: Eisenhower -- 6. The Diem Years: Kennedy -- 7. The American War in Vietnam: Escalation -- 8. The American War in Vietnam: Strategy -- 9. The American War in Vietnam: The Limits of Power -- 10. The American War in Vietnam: De-escalation -- 11. The War That Will Not Go Away -- PART II. THE VIETNAM WAR FROM A TO Z -- The Vietnam War from A to Z -- PART III. CHRONOLOGY -- Chronology -- PART IV. RESOURCE GUIDE -- 1. General Works -- 2. History of Southeast Asia and U.S. Foreign Relations -- 3. The Diem Years -- 4. North Vietnam and the Vietcong -- 5. Escalation of the American War -- 6. The American Way of War -- 7. The Limits of American Power -- 8. The End of the American War -- 9. The Legacy of the Vietnam War -- 10. Films and Documentaries -- 11. Electronic Resources -- PART V. APPENDICES -- Appendix 1. Documents -- Appendix 2. Statistics -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456028703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Columbia University Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (483 p.)
Disciplina	959.704/3
Altri autori (Persone)	AndersonDavid L. <1946->
Soggetto topico	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Influence Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Social aspects Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Political aspects - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-89769-1 9786612897696 0-231-50932-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Anderson, David L. -- Part I. Chronological Perspectives -- 1. Setting the Stage / Bradley, Mark Philip -- 2. "Dealing with a Government of Madmen" / Immerman, Richard H. -- 3. South Vietnam Under Siege, 1961-1965: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Question of Escalation or Disengagement / Hess, Gary R. -- 4. Lyndon Johnson and the Bombing of Vietnam / Gardner, Lloyd C. -- 5. Turning Point / McMahon, Robert J. -- 6. Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War / Kimball, Jeffrey P. -- Part II. Topical Perspectives -- 7. American Strategy in the Vietnam War / Prados, John -- 8. The Village War in Vietnam, 1965-1973 / Bergerud, Eric -- 9. Fighting for Family / Anderson, Helen E. -- 10. Vietnamese Society at War / Brigham, Robert K. -- 11. "Hey, Hey, LBJ!" / Small, Melvin -- 12. Cambodia and Laos in the Vietnam War / Clymer, Kenton -- Part III. Postwar Perspectives -- 13. The Legacy of the Vietnam War / Schulzinger, Robert D. -- 14. The Vietnam Syndrome / Herring, George C. -- Contributors -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910458444003321

Autore	Jones Howard <1940->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (593 p.)
Disciplina	959.704/3
Soggetto topico	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-44025-2 0-19-802197-6 1-60129-686-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Toward a Tragedy; 1 Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam: Averting a Quagmire; 2 Democracy at Bay: Diem as Mandarin; 3 Counteraction to Counterinsurgency: The Military Solution; 4 Waging a Secret War; 5 Subterfuge in the Delta; 6 The Strange Seduction of Vietnam; 7 A Decent Veil of Hypocrisy; 8 De-Americanizing the Secret War; 9 From Escalation to Disengagement; 10 End of the Tunnel? A Comprehensive Plan for South Vietnam; 11 Mandate from Heaven? The Buddhist Crisis and the Demise of De-escalation; 12 The Fire This Time 13 The Road to a Coup14 At the Brink of a Coup-Again; 15 Toward a Partial Withdrawal; 16 President Kennedy's Decision to Withdraw; 17 Fall of the House of Ngo; Conclusion: The Tragedy of JFK; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910449737103321