The Vietnam War

• Main Author: Anderson, David L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Macmillan Education UK : Imprint: Palgrave, 2005.
• Series: Twentieth Century Wars
• Subjects: History.; Military history.; History of Military.

The Vietnam War endured for thirty years, cost billions of dollars, and resulted in thousands of Vietnamese, French, and American deaths. Massive American military intervention in Vietnam embroiled America in domestic protests, placed enormous strains on the western alliance, and ultimately required...

Table of Contents:

• Map
• Preface
• Causes: Colonialism and Containment
• Commitments: Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem
• Credibility: Lyndon Johnson's War
• Contention: Antiwar Protests, the Tet Offensive, and a Tumultuous Election
• Consequences: Richard Nixon's War
• Conclusions: Peace at Last and Lasting Legacies
• Selective Bibliography
• Index.