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Informationen zum Autor James S. Olson is Distinguished Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, and the recipient of the university's Excellence in Teaching Award and Excellence in Research Award. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than 30 books, including The Ethnic Dimension in American History, Fourth Edition (with Heather Olson Beal, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) and Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer, and History (2002), which won the History of Science Category Award from the Association of American Publishers, and was recognized by the Los Angeles Times as one of the best non-fiction books in America for 2002.Randy W. Roberts is Distinguished Professor of History at Purdue University. Among other books he is the author of A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation at War (2012), coeditor of Hollywood's America: Twentieth-Century America Through Film, Fourth Edition (with Steven Mintz, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and coauthor of A Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory (with James S. Olson, 2001), My Lai: A Brief History with Documents (with James S. Olson, 1998), and John Wayne American (with James S. Olson, 1996). Klappentext Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II up to 2010; it clarifies the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. Narrated in an accessible and lively style by two distinguished historians, the book explores the legacy of war in the region, and traces step by step how America got involved in the region and pulled deeper into the conflict. This sixth edition has been revised and updated to include a final chapter examining Vietnam through the point of view of the soldiers themselves, and brings the story up to the present day through a look at how the war has been memorialized. There are also additional images and new and improved maps. A final chapter examines Vietnam through the lens of Oliver Stone's films and opens up a discussion of the War in popular culture.Compact yet substantial, and containing a bibliography, chronology, and glossary to further help students, Where the Domino Fell is an important contribution not only to the study of the Vietnam War but to an understanding of the larger workings of American foreign policy. Zusammenfassung This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface viiPrologue: LBJ and Vietnam ix1 Eternal War: The Vietnamese Heritage 12 The First Indochina War, 1945-1954 183 The Making of a Quagmire, 1954-1960 434 The New Frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963 675 Planning a Tragedy, 1963-1965 936 Into the Abyss, 1965-1966 1177 The Mirage of Progress, 1966-1967 1388 Tet and the Year of the Monkey, 1968 1639 The Beginning of the End, 1969-1970 19010 The Fall of South Vietnam, 1970-1975 21511 Distorted Images, Missed Opportunities, 1975-1995 23712 Oliver Stone's Vietnam 257Selected Bibliography 280A Vietnam War Chronology 283Glossary and Guide to Acronyms 292Index 295MapsMap 1 Indochina, 1995 xiiMap 2 Vietnam, 1945 to 1975 66Map 3 Major battles of the Tet offensive, January 1968 169...
List of contents
Preface vii
Prologue: LBJ and Vietnam ix
1 Eternal War: The Vietnamese Heritage 1
2 The First Indochina War, 1945-1954 18
3 The Making of a Quagmire, 1954-1960 43
4 The New Frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963 67
5 Planning a Tragedy, 1963-1965 93
6 Into the Abyss, 1965-1966 117
7 The Mirage of Progress, 1966-1967 138
8 Tet and the Year of the Monkey, 1968 163
9 The Beginning of the End, 1969-1970 190
10 The Fall of South Vietnam, 1970-1975 215
11 Distorted Images, Missed Opportunities, 1975-1995 237
12 Oliver Stone's Vietnam 257
Selected Bibliography 280
A Vietnam War Chronology 283
Glossary and Guide to Acronyms 292
Index 295
Maps
Map 1 Indochina, 1995 xii
Map 2 Vietnam, 1945 to 1975 66
Map 3 Major battles of the Tet offensive, January 1968 169
