The Vietnam War : teaching approaches and resources
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The Vietnam War : teaching approaches and resources
（Contributions in military studies, no. 109）
Greenwood Press, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In many secondary schools, colleges, and universities across the country, the study of the Vietnam War has become a standard part of the curriculum. In this work, editor Marc Jason Gilbert has organized essays that are designed to serve the needs of the instructors currently teaching or planning to institute such courses. Each essay, written by a leading scholar in his or her field, addresses specific teaching strategies and resources, surveying approaches and providing a detailed examination of those issues that teachers have identified as the most useful or important.
The book seeks to furnish instructors with the methods to present the war's broad perspective and complexity to a classroom. It begins with a discussion of some of the major interpretive stances, approaches, and issues that may be pursued in teaching about Vietnam. Subsequent chapters address the operational issues of the air war and misconceptions concerning guerilla war and counterinsurgency; the nature of people's wars; the effectiveness of decision-making and foreign policy-making analysis as classroom learning techniques; the need to place the war in the context of Indochinese, American, and world history; the use of teaching strategies and resources derived from literature, film, and the voice of the veteran; the use of Asian, European, and American literary sources to gain insight into the experience of the Vietnamese people; the anti-war movement; issues of peace, sex, and ethnicity; the integration of such approaches and issues into a course on the war; the use of materials drawn from the Vietnam War to further students' analytical skills; innovative ways of bringing primary printed sources into the classroom; and the strength and weaknesses of Vietnam War classroom texts and key monographs. The book concludes with a guide to further resources and a selection of Vietnam War course syllabi employed by scholars active in the field. This work will be a major resource for teachers and those studying to be teachers, as well as for courses on the Vietnam War, Southeast Asia, and U.S. History and Politics.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Running the Sweep Line: The Search for an Interpretive Stance by Larry Cable An Approach to Teaching the Air War by Earl H. Tilford, Jr. Teaching "People's War of National Liberation" by Cecil Currey A Decision-Making Approach to Understanding American Policy-Makers by John James MacDougall Teaching the Dynamics of the Conflict by Melford Wilson, Jr. Broadening the Horizons of a Course on the "American War" in Vietnam by Marc Jason Gilbert Novels About the "Other Side" by Gerald Berkley Introducing World Literature Into a Course on the Vietnam War by Jonathan Goldstein American Literature and Film of the Vietnam War: Classroom Strategies and Critical Sources by Catherine Calloway When History Talks Back: The Voice of the Veteran by Kali Tal The Role of Critical Thinking in a Course on the Vietnam War by Marc Jason Gilbert Using Primary Sources by Steve Potts Texts and Auxiliary Resources by Joe P. Dunn A Guide to Curriculum Development Resources by Marc Jason Gilbert Appendix: Selected Course Syllabi Index
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