To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War - Couverture rigide

Kimball, Jeffrey

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0877227098 ISBN 13 : 9780877227090

Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 1990

Synopsis

This anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the major theories about the causes of American involvement in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1975. Presenting the often conflicting arguments advanced by national leaders, policy makers, strategists, historians, social scientists, journalists, and activists, this volume represents the major reasons why and how the U.S. became involved, diplomatically and militarily, in the quagmire of Vietnam. As the first book to focus on the debate about the reasoning and causes of U.S. involvement, it fills a major gap in the study of the Vietnam war. Author note:

Jeffrey P. Kimball is Associate Professor of History at Miami University of Ohio.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is about the past and continuing debate over the causes of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. It brings together readings that best exemplify the widely varying answers that historians, political scientists, social scientists, policymakers, journalists, and novelists have given to the essential question of American involvement: why did the U.S. intervene diplomatically and militarily in Vietnam between 1945 and 1975" -from the Preface To Reason Why breaks new ground in covering and analyzing this issue. Kimball has gathered together thirty-eight readings - including speeches, interviews, and articles - that best exemplify the conflicting ideas and theories about the U.S. intervention in Vietnam. Among these thirty-eight readings are excerpts from David Halberstam, Daniel Ellsberg, Frances FitzGerald, Henry Kissinger, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0877227098
• ISBN 13: 9780877227090
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 277
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible