Vietnam Wars 1945-1990
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 25, 1991
A History pick for readers exploring Vietnam Wars 1945-1990.
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- Who it’s for
- A researched history of the Vietnam War’s political and diplomatic dimensions, beyond familiar American rhetoric.
- Themes
- Vietnam War history, Political and diplomatic conflict, American intervention abroad
- Pacing
- Fast
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"This is the history of the war in Vietnam we have been waiting for. This is a marvelous achievement--meticulously documented, excitingly narrated, written with grace, wit, and passion."– Howard Zinn "This terrible history is told with such clarity and passion, detail, intelligence it's hard to stop reading.
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The tension in the writing keeps your sadness in some kind of check as you read about opportunities for peace lost again and again, and think of today's newspapers and how we are, with some differences, modification, and more firepower, once again half the world away confusing credibility with honor." – Grace Paley In this remarkably researched account of the American and Vietnamese political and diplomatic sides of the Vietnam War, Marilyn Young offers some correctives to pervasive myths that surround the conflicts leading up to the first clashes, pertaining to popular terms found in American rhetoric when discussing "the enemy," and the impact of American interference in foreign affairs.
War and Diplomacy
A researched history of the Vietnam War’s political and diplomatic dimensions, beyond familiar American rhetoric.
Come here for
- The American and Vietnamese political perspectives
- A closer look at myths surrounding the conflicts’ origins
Expect
- Political and diplomatic history alongside military context
- Attention to the effects of American interference abroad
Where it sits
| Vietnam War History | 100% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century America | 41% |
| Diplomacy | 39% |
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Publisher categories
- Art History
- Asian History
- Vietnam War History
- World War II History
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- U.S. Military History
- U.S. State & Local History
- 20th-Century America
- World History
- Authors
- Marilyn Young
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 25, 1991
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Vietnam War history · Political and diplomatic conflict · American intervention abroad
- Reading lane
- Art History