96 Pages
by
Routledge
This book provides a gripping exploration of the full two decades of the Vietnam War--arguably the most important event, or series of events, of the American Century. The United States entered this brutal conflict certain of its Cold War doctrines and its moral mission to save the world from the advance of communism. But the war was not at all what America expected. Outnumbered and outgunned, the... Read more
Introduction; Chronology; Background to war The Cold War; Warring sides Superpower versus guerrilla forces; Outbreak An undeclared war; The fighting Battles of attrition; Portrait of a soldier John Young; The world around war A nation divided; Portrait of a civilian Kim Herzinger; How the war ended US withdrawal; Conclusion and consequences Legacies of victory and defeat; Further reading; Index.
Biography
Andrew Wiest
