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The Vietnam War by Mark Atwood Lawrence, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Mark Atwood Lawrence

Current price: $24.50
The Vietnam War by Mark Atwood Lawrence, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
The Vietnam War by Mark Atwood Lawrence, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

The Vietnam War by Mark Atwood Lawrence, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Mark Atwood Lawrence

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Size: 0.98 x 8.25 x 374

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The Vietnam War remains a topic of extraordinary interest, especially in light of the invasion of Iraq. In The Vietnam War, Mark Lawrence offers readers a superb short account of this key moment in U. S. as well as world history, based on the latest European and American research and on newlyopened archives in China, Russia, and Vietnam. While focusing on the American involvement from 1965 to 1975, Lawrence offers an unprecedentedly complete picture of all sides of the war, drawing on now available communist records to capture the complicated brew of motivations that drove the other side. Moreover, the book reaches back wellbefore American forces set foot in Vietnam, describing for instance how French colonialism sparked the 1945 Vietnamese revolution, and revealing how the Cold War concerns of the 1950s warped Washington's perception of Vietnam, leading the United States to back the French and eventually becomeinvolved on the ground itself. Of course, the heart of the book is the "American war," ranging from the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem to the impact of the Tet Offensive on the political situation in the US, Johnson's withdrawal from the 1968 presidential race, Nixon's expansion of the war into Cambodiaand Laos, and the final peace agreement of 1973, which ended American military involvement. Finally, the book examines the aftermath of the war, from the momentous liberalization-"Doi Moi"-in Vietnam that began in 1986, to the enduring legacy of the war in American books, films, and politicaldebate. A quick and reliable primer on an intensely relevant topic, this well researched and engaging volume offers an invaluable overview of the Vietnam War. | The Vietnam War by Mark Atwood Lawrence, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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