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Vietnam : explaining America's lost war /

"Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since"--

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Main Authors: Hess, Gary R.
Corporate Authors: Wiley (Online service)
Published: Wiley Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Contesting the past
Subjects:
1945 - 1989
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Influence.
National security > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Military policy.
Online Access: http://www.itextbook.cn/f/book/bookDetail?bookId=dcd52909a67e43ebbf2db4700f1754ab
Summary: "Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since"--
Item Description: Description based on print version record.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118949009
Index Number: DS558
CLC: K333.52
Contents: From the Streets to the Books : The Origins of an Enduring Debate -- A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? -- "Kennedy Exceptionalism," "Missed Opportunity for Peace," or "Lost Victory?" : The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat" : The Clausewitzian Alternative -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War" : The "Hearts and Minds" Prescription for Victory -- The Media and the War : Irresponsible or Balanced Journalism? -- The Tet Offensive : Decisive American Victory or Devastating Loss? -- Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War : A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?" -- Conclusion: The War's "Lessons".

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