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Provides a social and political context for the Vietnam War, with little coverage of the actual fighting. Focuses on the official documents, speeches, quotes, media commentary, and memoirs that trace the history of French, and later, American involvements in Southeast Asia.
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The Vietnam War: a history in documents
2003, Oxford University Press
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1423775236 9781423775232
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Table of Contents
What is a document?
How to read a document
Little history, by way of introduction
First Indochina war
Vietnam approaches America ; America responds
Waist deep in the big muddy
Temporary peace ; Eisenhower's Vietnam ; Kennedy's war
America's war
War expands ; Public debate
Selling patriotism
Going to war
Soldiers at war ; Other voices ; Condition of the army
People divided
African-American community ; Opposition within the military
Nixon's war
My Lai ; Nixon doctrine ; Bombing Hanoi to the bargaining table
After the war
Looking back ; Legacies.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166) and index.
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