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The Vietnam War
A Documentary Reader
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The Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America s conflict in Vietnam which includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both American and Vietnamese experiences.
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The Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America's conflict in Vietnam. It includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both American and Vietnamese experiences.
- Includes substantial non-American content, featuring many original English translations of Vietnamese-authored texts which showcase the diversity and complexity of Vietnamese experiences during the war.
- Contains original American documents relevant to the continuing debates about the causes, consequences, and morality of the US intervention.
- Incorporates personal histories of individual Americans and Vietnamese.
- Introductory headnotes place each document in context.
- Features a range of non-textual documents, including iconic photographs and political cartoons.
Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History
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The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America's conflict in Vietnam. It includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both American and Vietnamese experiences. Includes substantial non-American content, featuring many original English translations of Vietnamese-authored texts which showcase the diversity and complexity of Vietnamese experiences...Paperback$6899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
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ISBN: 9781405196789
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 January 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 226.0mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Edward Miller is Associate Professor of History at Dartmouth College. His research uses archival collections in the US and Vietnam to examine both sides of the Vietnam War experience. His first book, Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam, will be published in 2013.
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