War Comes to Long An, Updated and Expanded - Revolutionary Conflict in a Vietnamese Province

Zusatztext "I've gotten more out of re-reading War Comes to Long An . . . than just about anything other than Robert Warburton's classic memoir! Eighteen Years in the Khyber! 1879-98 (1900)." Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Race ! living in Asia since 1965! is a retired American military officer! a consultant to private firms and public bodies! and volunteer with many international charities. Klappentext This landmark study of the Vietnamese conflict! examined through the lens of the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in the rural province of Long An up until American intervention in the area! offers a human! balanced! penetrating account of war. Two new forewords by Robert K. Brigham of Vassar College and Jeffrey Record of the Air War College explore the book's enduring influence. A new end chapter offers previously unpublished scholarship on the conflict. Zusammenfassung A study of the Vietnamese conflict, examined through the lens of the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in the rural province of Long An up until American intervention in the area.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Race, Race Jeffrey
• Assisted by: Robert K. Brigham (Foreword), Brigham Robert K. (Foreword), Jeffrey Record (Foreword), Record Jeffrey (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2010
• EAN: 9780520260177
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26017-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General