Description
| Product ID: | 9781107510500 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations |
| Title: | Vietnam's American War |
| Subtitle: | A History |
| Authors: | Author: Pierre Asselin |
| Page Count: | 316 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Far-left political ideologies and movements, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Vietnam War, Marxism & Communism, Vietnam, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1970 to c 1980 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book surveys the Vietnamese communist experience during the Vietnam War (1954–75) with a focus on high-level decision-making. Written in an accessible, narrative style geared toward non-experts, the book presents a history of Vietnamese communist strategy, decision-making, and policies, including key battle plans. 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 Washington in the end. To make sense of the Vietnam War, we must look beyond the war itself. In his new work, Pierre Asselin explains the formative experiences and worldview of the men who devised communist strategies and tactics during the conflict, and analyzes their rationale and impact. Drawing on two decades of research in Vietnam''s own archives, including classified policy statements and reports, Asselin expertly and straightforwardly relates the Vietnamese communist experience - and the reasons the war turned out the way it did. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-01-11 |
