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Vietnam : explaining America's lost war
- Title
- Vietnam : explaining America's lost war / Gary R. Hess.
- Author
- Hess, Gary R.
- Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xi, 224 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since"--
- Series Statement
- Contesting the past
- Uniform Title
- Contesting the past.
- Subjects
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Influence
- Military policy
- 1945 - 1989
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States
- Politics and government
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
- United States > Military policy
- National security > United States
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- From the Streets to the Books : The Origins of an Enduring Debate -- A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? -- "Kennedy Exceptionalism," "Missed Opportunity for Peace," or "Lost Victory?" : The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat" : The Clausewitzian Alternative -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War" : The "Hearts and Minds" Prescription for Victory -- The Media and the War : Irresponsible or Balanced Journalism? -- The Tet Offensive : Decisive American Victory or Devastating Loss? -- Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War : A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?" -- Conclusion: The War's "Lessons".
- Call Number
- JFE 15-3836
- ISBN
- 9781118948996
- 1118948998
- LCCN
- 2014049406
- OCLC
- 904143532
- Author
- Hess, Gary R., author.
- Title
- Vietnam : explaining America's lost war / Gary R. Hess.
- Publisher
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Contesting the pastContesting the past.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1945 - 1989
- Other Form:
- Online version: Hess, Gary R. Vietnam Second edition. Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell,2015 9781118949009 (DLC) 2015007920
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-3836