The Vietnam War as history

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The Vietnam War as history

edited by Elizabeth Jane Errington and B.J.C. McKercher

Praeger, 1990

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Papers from the Fifteenth Military History Symposium held at the Royal Military College of Canada, Mar. 1989

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-190) and index

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.Through the lenses of history this important book probes the events in Southeast Asia in the thirty years after 1945. This book compiles the most current scholarly interpretations on the causes and outcome of the Vietnam War. The contributors reflect on and discuss various aspects of the Vietnam conflicts and clear away many of the misconceptions and myths that still surround the wars. They try to understand how and why events in Southeast Asia happened as they did, and the impact they had both regionally and globally. A useful reference for any scholar of the Vietnam War, The Vietnam War as History will appeal to the general reader as well, particularly those who served in Vietnam. The chapters offer a diverse set of approaches of the war. Many of the contributors disagree philosophically on the causes and nature of the conflict. Some--Thomas Cubbage and Harry Summers--write from their personal involvement in the war. Others take a more detached view. And still others seek to provide further insight into some of the twisted questions that surrounded the conflict. All are united in their attempts to come to terms with the wars in Vietnam as a distinct historical event.

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Introduction by B.J.C. McKercher and E.J. Errington The Vietnam Analogy and the "Lessons" of History by George C. Herring The First Vietnam War: Aftershocks in the East by Peter M. Dunn The 1954 Geneva Conference: After a Decent Interval by James Cable The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam by George McT. Kahin Laos: The Escalation of a Secret War by Sandra Taylor Intelligence and the TEt Offensive: The South Vietnamese View of the Threat by Tom L. Cubbage III Battles at Home and Abroad: The Influence of Lyndon Johnson's Press Relations on the War in Vietnam by Kathleen J. Turner Canada, Peacemaking and the Vietnam War: Where Did Ottawa Go Wrong? by Douglas A. Ross The Last Years of the War: A Personal View by Harry G. Summers, Jr. Afterword: Vietnam the Never Ending War by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Selected Bibliography Index

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