The Vietnam War, 1956-1975

Author(s)

• Wiest, Andrew A

Bibliographic Information

The Vietnam War, 1956-1975

Andrew Wiest

（Essential histories, 38）

Osprey, c2002

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Transferred to digital print on demand 2014

This description by the 17th impression 2014

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Vietnam War was arguably the most important event, or series of events, of the "American century". America entered the brutal conflict certain of its moral mission to save the world from the advance of communism. As this title explains, however, the war was not at all what the US expected. Outnumbered and outgunned the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces resorted to a guerrilla war based on the theories of Mao Zedong of China. This was war reduced to its most basic level - find the enemy and kill him.

Table of Contents

• Introduction and chronology
• Background to war
• Warring sides
• Outbreak
• The fighting
• Portrait of a soldier
• World around war
• Portrait of a civilian
• How the war ended
• Conclusion and consequences

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB22015647
• ISBN:
  • 9781841764191
• LCCN: 2003010026
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 95 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS557.7
  • DC22 : 959.7043
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA58224288