Second Indochina War : A Concise Political and Military History
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0742555267
ISBN-13
9780742555266
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 16th, 2008
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
478 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 2.40 cms
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Asian historyMilitary historyAsian historyMilitary history
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Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this classic history of the "Vietnam Wa"' as seen by all participants takes into account the wealth of research and writing on the war since the book's original publication more than two decades ago. Leading scholar William S. Turley combines original research, thorough knowledge of the literature, his own insight from many trips to Vietnam during and since the war, and sound interpretation into a succinct and well-crafted analysis that provides balanced treatment of the Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer, and American dimensions of the war.
Teachers of world history in the twentieth century have long been asking for a one-volume study of the ''Vietnam War'' which will offer students a succinct account of the main events, trends, and historical—as opposed to moral—issues of the war. The task is an impossible one. But Professor Turley has made the best attempt so far. . . . The author has done an excellent job in tracing the main outlines of the conflict and drawing attention to the more important themes and interpretations—thus providing a good introduction to an extremely complex subject.
Turley''s conclusion on the lessons of the war, and their price, is at once obvious and thought provoking. . . . The book''s succinct narrative, footnotes, maps, chronology and bibliographic essay make it a reliable and useful history and an admirable summary of a complex event.
The Second Indochina War is a remarkable little book. Turley, a leading expert on Vietnamese communism, combines original research, thorough knowledge of the literature, his own insight from several trips to Vietnam during and since the war, and sound interpretation into an amazingly succinct and well-crafted 200-page narrative which provides balanced treatment of both Vietnamese and American sides of the war. Useful maps, charts, tables, a fine chronology, and an excellent brief bibliographic essay complement the volume.
This book is a cogent reminder that the Vietnam War was not an ''American drama'' only. As one of a small cadre of scholars explicating the conflict''s ''Vietnamese dimensions,'' William S. Turley draws on his considerable knowledge of Vietnamese communism and military affairs, as well as on an increasing number of important histories and of personal narratives published in Hanoi, to illuminate the indigenous aspects of the war.
This is one of the most useful of the recent accounts that have appeared of the Vietnam War. Relying, like a catamaran, on the outriggers of Laos and Cambodia to give it balance, it sails smoothly and competently through the war as essentially a Vietnamese experience and, without strident commitment, offers a valuable perspective on the war in terms of revolutionary forces.
An admirable success, a book that everyone, from undergraduates to specialists in the field, can read with profit. . . . The book appears to be bias free. The writing and organization are very clear. . . . This reviewer has every intention of using the paperback edition as an undergraduate text, and encourages others to do likewise.
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