Assuming the burden : Europe and the American commitment to war in Vietnam / Mark Atwood Lawrence.
Assuming the burden : Europe and the American commitment to war in Vietnam / Mark Atwood Lawrence.
Assuming the burden : Europe and the American commitment to war in Vietnam / Mark Atwood Lawrence.
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Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N959.70412/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Visions of Indochina and the world -- 2. U.S. assistance and its limits -- 3. Illusions of autonomy -- 4. Crisis renewed -- 5. Domestic divides, foreign solutions -- 6. Closing the circle.
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Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"This researched book explains why and how the United States made its first commitment to Vietnam in the late 1940s. Mark Atwood Lawrence deftly explores the process by which the Western powers set aside their fierce disagreements over colonialism and extended the Cold War fight into the Third World. Drawing on an unprecedented array of sources fro...
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Assuming the burden : Europe and the American commitment to war in Vietnam / Mark Atwood Lawrence.
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From Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective ; v. 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N959.70412/1
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74VKdJgQrARZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdJgQrARZ
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0520243153 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520243156 (cloth : alk. paper)
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959.70412
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991019901829702626
