Vietnam''s American War - A History

A survey of the Vietnamese communist experience during the Vietnam War (1954-75) with a focus on high-level decision-making and military planning.

List of contents

Introduction: why Vietnam matters; 1. From Dai Viet to the August Revolution; 2. French War, 1945-54; 3. Interwar period, 1954-65; 4. American war, 1965-68; 5. American war, 1968-73; 6. Civil war, 1973-75; Epilogue. Legacies; Annotated bibliography; Index.

About the author

Pierre Asselin is Professor of History and Dwight E. Stanford Chair in American Foreign Relations at San Diego State University. His books include A Bitter Peace: Washington, Hanoi, and the Making of the Paris Agreement (2002) and Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965 (2013). He is co-editor of the forthcoming The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War, Volume III: Endings.

Summary

This book surveys the Vietnamese communist experience during the Vietnam War (1954-75) with a focus on high-level decision-making. Written in an accessible, narrative style geared toward non-experts, the book presents a history of Vietnamese communist strategy, decision-making, and policies, including key battle plans.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Asselin, Pierre (San Diego State University) Asselin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781107104792
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10479-2
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Us Foreig; Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous