Vietnam's American war : a history / Pierre Asselin.
Vietnam's American war : a history / Pierre Asselin.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2020/0695
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English
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xxxv, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: Why Vietnam matters -- From Dai Viet to the August Revolution -- French war, 1945-1954 -- Interwar period, 1954-1965 -- American war, 1965-1968 -- American war, 1968-1973 -- Civil war, 1973-1975 -- Epilogue: Legacies.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers, but they alone fail to explain why Hanoi bested Wa...
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Vietnam's American war : a history / Pierre Asselin.
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Cambridge studies in US foreign relations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/0695
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74VKaZLRNWqA
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ISBN
1107510503 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9781107104792 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1107104793 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781107510500 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
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959.7043
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991024291011702626
