Coming to terms : Indochina, the United States, and the war

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Coming to terms : Indochina, the United States, and the war

edited by Douglas Allen and Ngô Vĩnh Long

Westview Press, 1991

  • : pbk

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"Published in cooperation with the Bulletin of concerned Asian scholars"--P. opposite t.p

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-325) and index

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Description

Aiming to present an accessible overview of the Vietnam War from both the non-Western and anti-war perspectives, this book traces the history, war years and post-war experiences of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos before turning to the US experience, where it focuses on government policies, the anti-war movement, veterans, and films and literature on Vietnam.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Indochina and its struggle for independence: Vietnam, Ngo Vinh Long
  • post-war Vietnam - a political economy, Ngo Vinh Hai
  • Cambodia, Michael Vickery
  • Laos, W. Randell Ireson and Carol J. Ireson. Part 2 The United States and the war: the United States and Indochina - far from an aberration, Noam Chomsky
  • the Vietnam anti-war movement, George R. Vickers
  • the US veteran's experience - a historical overview, Kevin Bowen. Part 3 Films and scholarly literature on Vietnam: framing Vietnam, Jenefer Shute
  • the Rambo phenomenon, Gaylyn Studlar and David Desser
  • against Cartesianism - three generations of Vietnam scholarship, Marvin E. Gettleman. Appendix: Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos chronologies, Ngo Vinh Long and Douglas Allen.

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