Major problems in the history of the Vietnam War : documents and essays /
| Други автори: | McMahon, Robert J., 1949- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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Lexington, Mass. :
D.C. Heath,
c1990.
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| Серия: |
Major problems in American history series
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Съдържание:
- ch. 1. Vietnam and America : an introduction: The system worked / Leslie H. Gelb and Richard K. Betts ; A moral and necessary intervention / Norman Podhoretz ; The limits of American power / Gabriel Kolko
- ch. 2. The development of Vietnamese nationalism: Phan Boi Chau's prison reflections, 1914 ; Ho Chi Minh deplores "imperialist crimes," 1920 ; Ho'a appeal at the founding of the Communist Party of Indochina, 1930 ; The Vietnamese Declaration of independence, 1945 ; Vietnam : a historical overview / John T. McAlister, Jr. ; The colomial impact / David G. Marr ; Communism and nationalism / William J. Duiker
- ch. 3. The roots of the American commitment: George C. Marshall on the Indochina Dispute, 1947 ; Statement of U.S. policy toward Indochina, 1948 ; The United STates praises the Elysée Agreement, 1949 ; The State Department recommends military aid to the French, 1950 ; National Seculity Council paper no. 64, 1950 ; Dean Acheson urges aid for Indochina, 1950 ; Ho Chi Minh denounces U.S. intervention, 1950 ; Acceptance of the "Bao Dai Solution" / Gary R. Hess ; A strategic and economic perspective / Michael Schaller ; A political perspective / Robert M. Blum
- ch. 4. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vietnam : deepeing the commitment: Dwight D. Eisenhower appeals for British help, 1954 ; Eisenhower explains the Domino Theory, 1954 / Vo Nguyen Giap on Dienbienphu (1954), 1964 ; Final declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1954 ; Edward G. Lansdale on the importance of the South Vietnamese Experiment, 1955 ; National Security Council discussion of the Sect Crisis, 1955 ; South Vietnamese statement on reunification, 1955 ; Elbridge Durbrow assesses the Diem Regime, 1957 ; National Security Council discussion of Diem's growing problems, 1960 ; The day we didn't go to war / George C. Herring and Richard H. Immerman ; Gambling on Diem / George McT. Kahin ; The failure of Vietnamizattion / Ronald H. Spector
- ch. 5. John F/ Kennedy and Vietnam : incremental escalation: Maxwell Taylor recommends the dispatch of U.S. forces, 1961 ; Dean Rusk and Robert S. McNamara's alternative plan, 1961 ; An early U.S. Army advisor remembers his experiences (1962-1963), 1981 ; Mike Mansfield questions American policy, 1962 ; John F. Kennedy criticizes the South Vietnamese government, 1963 ; Kennedy reaffirms the Domino Theory, 1963 ; Henry Cabot Lodge discusses coup prospects, 1963 ; McGeorge Bundy expresses reservations, 1963 ; Diem's final appeal for U.S. help, 1963 ; Responding to the Sino-Soviet challenge / R.B. Smith ; The failed search for victory / Lawrence J. Bassett and Stephen E. Pelz
- ch. 6. Lyndon B. Johnson's decisions for war: Reassessment of U.S. objectives in South Vietnam, 1964 ; The Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 1964 ; Lyndon B. Johnson explains why American fight in Vietnam, 1965 ; Robert S. McNamara recommends escalation, 1965 ; George Ball dissents, 1965 ; Johnson recalls his decision to commit troops (1965), 1971 ; Philip Caputo remembers his idealism (1965), 1977 ; To achieve a victory / David Halberstam ; To avoid a defeat / Larry Berman
- ch. 7. U.S. military strategy ; Robert McNamara urges additional troop deployments, 1965 ; George F. Kennan criticizes the American military commitment, 1966 ; The Central Intelligence Agency's assessment of the bombing campaign, 1967 ; McNamara on the improved military outlook, 1967 ; William C. Westmoreland reflects on a war of attrition, 1977 ; A soldier's perspective on combat in Vietnam, 1967 ; A critical appraisal of American strategy / Harry G. Summers ; Were there viable alternative strategies? / Gary R. Hess ; The limits of technological warfare / Loren Baritz
- ch. 8. The enemy : North Vietnam and the "Vietcong": Ho Chi Minh's appeal after the Geneva agreements, 1954 ; Truong Nhu Tang on the origins of the National Liberation Front (1957-1959), 1985 ; Manifesto of the National Liberation Front, 1960 ; Vo Nguyen Giap on people's war, 1961 ; Nguyen Chi Thanh on communist strategy, 1963 ; Ho vows to 'fight until complete victory," 1966 ; Revolutionary mystique / Douglas Pike ; The communist appeal / Frances FitzGerald ; Hanoi's southern strategy / William J. Duiker
- ch. 9. The Tet Offensive: Lyndon B. Johnson on the failed communist offensive, 1968 ; Robert McNamara and Dean Rusk assess the Tet Offensive, 1968 ; Robert F. Kennedy calls Vietnam an unwinnable war, 1968 ; Earle G. Wheeler's report on military prospects after Tet, 1968 ; A Communist Party evaluation, 1968 ; Robert Komer recalls Tet's impact (1968), 1987 ; Clark M. Clifford remembers his post-Tet questions (1968), 1969 ; Johnson calls for negotiations, 1968 ; Tactical defeat, strategic victory for Hanoi / William S. Turley ; A decisive turning point / Gabriel Kolko
- ch. 10. The ally : South Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem requests additional U.S. aid, 1957 ; Tran Van Dom on the need for reforms after the coup against Diem (1963), 1978 ; Nguyen Cao Ky on the battle for hearts and minds, 1976 ; Nguyem Van Thieu's address to the National Assembly, 1969 ; An American serviceman's view of the South Vietnamese Army, 1987 ; Pacification, politics, and the village in South Vietnam / Samuel L. Popkin ; A doomed dependency / Gabriel Kolko ; A viable state / Bui Diem
- ch. 11. Richard M. Nixon's strategy for withdrawal: National Security study memorandum no. 1, 1969 ; Richard M. Nixon on Vietnamization, 1969 ; Nixon explains the Cambodian Incursion, 1970 ; Henry A. Kissinger reveals U.S. negotiating position, 1972 ; Negotiating position of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, 1972 ; Peace with honor / Henry Kissinger ; The limts of credibility / Arnold Isaacs
- ch. 12. The antiwar movement and public opinion: SDS states opposition to the war, 1965 ; Carl Oglesby denounces the "liberals'" war, 1965 ; Proclamation of the antidraft resistance, 1967 ; James Fallows reflects on the draft's inequities (1969), 1975 ; Todd Gitlin recalls the New Left's revolutionary romanticism, 1987 ; A Vietnam veteran opposes the war, 1971 ; The impact of the antiwar war movement / Melvin Small ; American public opinion toward the war / William L. Lunch and Peter W. Sperlich
- ch. 13. The media and the war: The New York times supports American policy, 1962 ; Neil Sheehan recalls initial press attitudes toward the war (1962-1963), 1988 ; Walter Lippmann on a "limited war" with "unlimited aims," 1967 ; Newsweek editorializes about "a nation at odds," 1967 ; Walter Cronkite criticizes a policy "mired in stalemate," 1968 ; Life publicizes one week's dead in Vietnam, 1969 ; Don Oberdorfer on charges of media bias, 1987 ; How to lose a war / Robert Elegant ; Missing the "big story" / Peter Braestrup ; A critique of the oppositional media thesis / Daniel C. Hallin
- ch. 14. The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 and the fall of South Vietnam: Richard M. Nixon reassures Nguyen Van Thieu, 1973 ; The Paris Peace Accords, 1973 ; Henry A. Kissinger appeals to Congress for emergency aid, 1975 ; James R. Schlesinger, Jr., recalls the collapse of South Vietnam (1975), 1987 ; An American soldier describes the evacuation of Saigon (1975), 1981 ; A North Vietnamese commander celebrates the "Great Spring Victory" (1975), 1977 ; Nixon blames Congress for the fall of South Vietnam (1975), 1978 ; What went wrong? / Allan E. Goodman ; Why the communists won / William J. Duiker
- ch. 15. Consequences and lessons of the war: Gerald R. Ford on the lessons of Vietnam, 1975 ; Jimmy Carter sees a "profound moral crisis," 1977 ; Richard M. Nixon reads Vietnam's lessons, 1985 ; William Sullivan identifies some positive consequences, 1987 ; Ronald Reagan calls Vietnam a noble and just cause, 1988 ; Legacy and lessons of the war / George C. Herring ; The impact of Vietnam on America's world role / Paul Kennedy ; Vietnam and Central America / Thomas G. Paterson.