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. 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 War 3. 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 Johnson's Aims and Methods : 2. Why and How Johnson was Forced to Retreat : 3. Johnson's Last Months : 4. Conclusions about Johnson and the War : Study Guide : Chapter 8 1969-73: Richard Nixon - Diplomatic Genius or Mad Bomber? : 1. The Transformation of a Cold Warrior? : 2. President Nixon : 3. 1969-71 : 4. 1972 - Getting Re-elected : 5. Assessment of Nixon's Vietnam Policy : 6. Key Debates : Study Guide : Chapter 9 Conclusions : 1. Summarising the Debates : 2. The Effects of the War : 3. The Lessons of the Vietnam War ...

Product details

• Authors: Vivienne Sanders
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2007
• EAN: 9780340929308
• ISBN: 978-0-340-92930-8
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 244 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Access to History; Access to History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book