The Vietnamese War - Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta

Informationen zum Autor David Elliott Zusammenfassung This is a history of the Vietnam war in a single province of the Mekong Delta over the period 1930-1975, focusing on the revolutionary movement that became popularly known as the "Viet Cong". It drawns on documents captured by U.S. and South Vietnamese military forces. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments, A Reader's Guide to The Vietnamese War, 1. The Vietnamese War: Introduction, 2. Postlude, 3. Prelude, 4. Revolution, 5. Resistance, 6. Six Years of Peace: 1954-59, 7. The Tiger Wakes, 8. Forged by the Hammer of the Party, 9. Creating an Armed Strike Force: Military Expansion, 1961-63, 10. Going for Broke, 11. Year of the Big Change: 1965, 12. Winning Hearts and Minds, 13. Stalemate, 14. Tet: the Untold Story of the “General Offensive and General Uprising”, 15. Tragic Farewell, 16. Holding On, 17. Civil War, 18. The Final Chapter, Notes, Appendix A: The Human Cost, Appendix B: Reflections, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: David Elliott
• Publisher: Sharpe
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2002
• EAN: 9780765606020
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0602-0
• No. of pages: 1200
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 85 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Vietnam, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General