Everyman in Vietnam : a soldier's journey into the quagmire / Michael Adas, Joseph Gilch.
Everyman in Vietnam : a soldier's journey into the quagmire / Michael Adas, Joseph Gilch.
Everyman in Vietnam : a soldier's journey into the quagmire / Michael Adas, Joseph Gilch.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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G 2017/4958
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English
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Physical content
xxiv, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue : In the Ho Bo woods: June 28, 1966 -- Divergent trajectories: America and Vietnam after World War II -- The promise of prosperity in postwar America -- The struggle to liberate a shattered land, 1945-1954 -- Early US interventions in Indochina -- Exemplar of modernity -- Cold war convergen...
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"Everyman in Vietnam: A Soldier's Journey into the Quagmire by Michael Adas and Joseph Gilch interweaves a macro perspective of American foreign policy during the war, with the individual-level perspective of one of the many soldiers who lived and died in the "quagmire." This unique perspective is made possible through the personal letters of Priva...
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Everyman in Vietnam : a soldier's journey into the quagmire / Michael Adas, Joseph Gilch.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-254) and index.
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Online version: Adas, Michael, 1943- author. Everyman in Vietnam New York : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780190647605 (DLC) 2017019126
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©2018
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G 2017/4958
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74VKVgpgLmbM
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019045587X (pbk.)
9780190455873 (pbk.)
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959.704342092 B
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991024143118702626
