A Noble Cause?: America and the Vietnam War

Gerard J. De Groot, Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern History, University of St Andrews
Title A Noble Cause?: America and the Vietnam War
Edition 1st
ISBN 9780582287174
ISBN 10 0582287170
Published 07/09/1999
Published by Pearson United Kingdom
Pages 408
Format Paperback
Available on demand
 
Total Price $72.95 Add to Cart
Description

The military events, the political and strategic contexts, and the social and cultural impact of the Vietnam War are all brought together in this single compellingly readable volume. As well as breadth and inclusiveness, it has new things to say on the nature of the communist revolution and the communist way of war; the flaws in US strategy and tactics, and how these affected the soldier on the ground; and the legacy of the war for Vietnam and America alike.

Table of contents


List of Maps.


Introduction: Historians at War.


 1. 'The White Man is Finished in Asia'.


 2. 'Ask Not'.


 3. The Vietnamese Ally.


 4. The Vietnamese Enemy.


 5. Limited War.


 6. Turning Point? Tet and the 1968 election.


 7. Rolling Thunder.


 8. Peace with Honor?


 9. The Fall of Saigon.


10. An American Defeat.


11. A Grunt's Life.


12. 'Muddled Actors in a Theater of the Absurd'.


13. 'A Country, Not a War'.


14. Remembering and Forgetting.


Bibliography.


Maps.


Index.
Features & benefits

  • An analytical study but with a strong narrative drive.
  • Deploys a wealth of primary quotation.
  • Gerard de Groot is the author of 'Blighty' about the impact of the First World War - it's 'well worth reading' The Times.