Gary R. Hess

Vietnam (eBook, PDF)

Explaining America's Lost War

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20th century's seminal conflicts. * Looks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central arguments of scholars, journalists, and participants and providing evidence on both sides of controversies around this event * Addresses key debates about the Vietnam War, asking whether the war was necessary for US security; whether President Kennedy would have avoided the war had he lived beyond November 1963; whether negotiation would have been a feasible alternative to war; and more * Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since * Written by a well-respected scholar in the field in an accessible style for students and scholars

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118949009
• Artikelnr.: 42833132

Autorenporträt

Gary R. Hess is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, where he taught for forty-five years. His publications include The United States at War, 1941-1945 (Wiley, 3^rd edition, 2010), Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq (rev. ed., 2009), Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War 1941-1945 (1998), and The United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asian Power (1987).