America's lost war : Vietnam, 1945-1975
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America's lost war : Vietnam, 1945-1975
（The American history series）
Harlan Davidson, 2005
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Vietnam, 1945-1975
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In college and high school classrooms across the United States, students display a keen interest in knowing more about what they rightly sense was a pivotal event in the recent past, one that brought a sea change in the life of the nation.
In a long-awaited alternative to the lengthy and overly expensive texts on the Vietnam War, Charles Neu presents America's Lost War, a balanced, lively narrative account of that tragic conflict, one that sweeps across the whole time-span of the war and explores American, Vietnamese, and international perspectives. Recreating the physical and psychological landscape of the war, Neu fluidly describes policy disputes-among leaders of both the United States and North Vietnam-as well as individual policy makers, battles, and military realities, tracing the legacy of the "Vietnam" phenomenon that shapes American domestic politics and elections, as well as foreign relations, to the present day.
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- Foreword VII Preface and Acknowledgments XIII Chapter One: The First Indochina War, 1945-1954 1 Origins of the Revolution 2 The Impact of World War II 3 America's Response 5 The Expansion of the Cold War 8 The Deepening Commitment 10 The Elephant and the Tiger 12 America's Dilemma 14 Eisenhower Takes Charge 16 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu 18 Washington's Response 21 The Geneva Settlement: The Emergence of Two Vietnams 24 Chapter Two: The Emergence of South Vietnam, 1954-1961 29 The Rise of Ngo Dinh Diem 30 The United States and Ngo Dinh Diem 32 The Consolidation of Diem's Rule 34 Progress in South Vietnam 36 Mounting Discontent 38 Hanoi's Quest for Unification 41 A New War 44 Chapter Three: The New Frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963 48 JFK and the World 48 Challenge in Southeast Asia 50 Seeming Progress in South Vietnam 53 The New Advisory War 56 The Battle of Ap Bac 58 The Illusion of Victory 59 The Challenge to Diem 61 Reassessment in Washington 62 The Fall of Diem 65 Reactions to the Coup 67 Chapter Four: The Transformation of the War, 1963-1965 71 LBJ Settles In 72 Deterioration in South Vietnam 73 The View from Hanoi 75 The View from Washington 77 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident 78 The Campaign of 1964 80 America Steps Forward 81 War Moves and Peace Moves 84 The Forty-Four Battalion Request 87 The President's Decision 89 The Generals Take Over 91 Battle of the Ia Drang Valley 93 Chapter Five: The Stalemated War
- 1965-1967 98 Preparing for a Long War 99 Signs of Discontent 100 Westmoreland's War 101 Strategy of Attrition 103 America's Enemy 105 A War without a Front 108 Confusion and Disillusionment 110 Seeking a Steady Course 112 Search and Destroy 113 Hopes for Victory 115 Prospects for 1967 118 Doubts and Divisions 119 The Order of Battle Controversy 122 Illusions of Victory 124 Chapter Six: Tet and Beyond, 1968 129 Origins of the Tet Offensive 130 The Siege of Khe Sanh 131 The Shock of Tet 132 The U.S. Military's Response 136 Reassessment in Washington 139 The War at Home 142 The Bloodiest Year 144 Washington's Calculations 147 The Fall Campaign 148 Chapter Seven: Nixon's War, 1969-1970 155 The New Administration Takes Hold 155 The Vietnam Dilemma 157 No Quick Exit 158 The Allure of Vietnamization 161 Threats and maneuvers 162 One War 165 The Enemy Regroups 168 The Cambodian Incursion 171 A Changing War 175 Hau Nghia Province 176 The Endless War 178 Chapter Eight: From Lam Son 719 to the Paris Peace Accords, 1971-1973 181 Lam Son 719 181 Pressure to End the War 184 The View from Saigon 186 Hanoi's Calculations 188 Nixon's Maneuvers 190 The Easter Offensive 191 Nixon's Response 194 After the battle 195 Politics and Diplomacy 196 The Election of 1972 198 Peace at last 202 Chapter Nine: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975 207 Nixon Turns Inward 208 War without End 209 Hanoi Prepares for War 212 Crisis in South Vietnam 213 Washington's Response 216 The Great Spring Offensive 217 The Fall of Saigon 219 Vietnamese Perspectives 223 American Perspectives 225 Guide to Acronyms 233 Table: Comparative Military Casualty Figures 234 Bibliographical Essay 235 Index 259 Maps Indochina, 1908-1954 XX Southeast Asia, 1954 11 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu 20 North and South Vietnam, 1954 31 Provinces and Provincial Capitals 83 The Ho Chi Minh Trail 106 The Tet Offensive 135 Cross-Border Operations 170 Lam Son 719 183 The Easter Offensive 193 The Great Spring Offensive 220 Photographs follow pages 70, 128, 206
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