Making sense of the Vietnam wars : local, national, and transnational perspectives / edited by Mark Philip Bradley and Marilyn B. Young
- Published:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 318 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Bradley, Mark, 1961- and Young, Marilyn Blatt
- Series:
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. American intervention and the Cold War consensus. Explaining the early decisions / Mark Atwood Lawrence -- "No place to fight a war" / Seth Jacobs -- Explaining the Vietnam War / Gareth Porter -- "There ain't no daylight" / Fredrik Logevall -- Pt. 2. The coming of war in Vietnam. Through a glass darkly / Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Vision, power, and agency / Edward Miller -- Taking notice of the everyday / David Hunt -- Co so cach mang and the social network of war / Heonik Kwon -- Pt. 3. War's end and endless wars. Cold War contradictions / Lien-Hang T. Nguyen -- "Help us tell the truth about Vietnam" / Michael J. Allen -- Official history, revisionist history, and wild history / David W.P. Elliott.
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- ISBN:
- 9780195315134 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195315138 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780195315141 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195315146 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308) and index.
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