Vietnam At War

One of the first books to look at how the Vietnamese themselves experienced the wars for Vietnam, including both the French and the American wars. Combining political, social, and cultural history, Bradley examines how the war was seen both by top policy makers and also everyday soldiers and civilians in both North and South Vietnam.

List of contents

• Prelude


• 1: Visions of the Future


• 2: The French War


• 3: The Coming of the American War


• 4: Experiencing War


• 5: War's End


• 6: Coda


• Further Reading


• Notes


• Index

About the author

Mark Philip Bradley is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Professor of History at The University of Chicago. He is the author of The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century and Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950, which won the Association for Asian Studies Harry Benda Prize. He is also co-editor of Making the Forever War, Familiar Made Strange: American Icons and Artifacts after the Transnational Turn, and Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars.

Summary

One of the first books to look at how the Vietnamese themselves experienced the wars for Vietnam, including both the French and the American wars. Combining political, social, and cultural history, Bradley examines how the war was seen both by top policy makers and also everyday soldiers and civilians in both North and South Vietnam.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Philip Bradley, Mark Philip (Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distin Bradley, Bradley Mark Philip
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780192895783
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289578-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General