The USA and Vietnam 1945-75 - 3rd Revised Edition

Zusatztext 'This book is well written! informative and very useful for anyone doing A-level history. It's relatively interesting in contrast to most textbooks and is highly accessible. Sets a standard for all history textbooks.' Informationen zum Autor Vivienne Sanders has written extensively and successfully on American history in the Access to History series. She taught A Level History for over 30 years, mostly in independent schools, and is now retired. Klappentext Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. For over twenty years Access to History has been providing students with reliable, engaging and accessible content on a wide range of topics. Each title in the series provides comprehensive coverage of different history topics on current AS and A2 level history specifications, alongside exam-style practice questions and tips to help students achieve their best. The series: - Ensures students gain a good understanding of the AS and A2 level history topics through an engaging, in-depth and up-to-date narrative, presented in an accessible way. - Aids revision of the key A level history topics and themes through frequent summary diagrams - Gives support with assessment, both through the books providing exam-style questions and tips for AQA, Edexcel and OCR A level history specifications and through FREE model answers with supporting commentary at Access to History online (www.accesstohistory.co.uk) The USA and Vietnam 1945-75 This title provides a thorough and lucid account of America's involvement in Vietnam during the period 1945-75. It starts with an introduction to the events that led to France's withdrawal from Vietnam and US support of Diem's government and goes on to examine how the conflict escalated and the USA became fully involved. The book also looks at the pressure for peace on the US home front and how this had an impact on the eventual withdrawal and fallout from the war. The role of key figures in the conflict, both American presidents and Vietnamese leaders, is analysed throughout. Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. Zusammenfassung Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. Inhaltsverzeichnis : Chapter 1 Introduction: The United States and Vietnam: 1. Introduction: 2. Overview of the War: 3. Overview of the Debates on the Vietnam War: Chapter 2 Vietnam and Foreigners before 1953: 1. Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese Nationalism: 2. The United States and Vietnam, 1941-5: 3. The Reasons for the Early American Involvement in Vietnam: 4. 'These Situations ... Have a Way of Snowballing': 5. Key Debates on the Truman Years: Chapter 3 Eisenhower and Two Vietnams: 1. Ho, Giap and the French Failure in Indochina: 2. Dienbienphu - the Debate over American Intervention: 3. The Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1954: 4. Two Vietnams and Two Leaders: 5. Assessment of Eisenhower's Policy: 6. Key Debates: Chapter 4 'Vietnam is the Place' - the Kennedy Crusade (1961-3): 1. Introduction: Kennedy's War?: 2. Kennedy's Early Ideas about Vietnam: 3. The President and his Advisers: 4. Kennedy's Actions in the Third World: 5. Kennedy and Diem: 6. Conclusions: 7. Key Debates: Study Guide: Chapter 5 'Johnson's War'?: 1. Why Johnson Continued US involvement in the War: 2. How Johnson Was Able to Escalate the War3. Why Did Johnson Escalate the American Involvement in: Vietnam?: 4. 'Where Are We Going?': 5. Historians and 'Johnson's War'?: Study guide: Chapter 6 Why the USA Failed: I - The People in Vietnam: 1. The Vietnamese: 2. The Americans: 3. Key Debates: Chapter 7 Why the USA Failed: II - US Politicians and People: 1. Problems with Johns...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Vivienne Sanders
• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.04.2007
• EAN: 9780340929308
• ISBN: 978-0-340-92930-8
• Abmessung: 184 mm x 244 mm x 11 mm
• Serien: Access to History; Access to History
• Thema: Sachbuch