| Vietnam the Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict Contributor(s): Lind, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684870274 ISBN-13: 9780684870274 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2002 Annotation: In this highly controversial challenge to the entrenched viewpoints of both the anti-war Left and the pro-war Right, Lind provides "a bold, bracing, and willfully eccentric new entry in the debate about what 'the lessons of Vietnam' should be" (Joseph J. Ellis, "Chicago Tribune"). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Military - Vietnam War - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 959.704 |
| LCCN: 99028449 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.4" W x 5.5" (0.95 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What went wrong in Vietnam? Michael Lind casts new light on one of the most contentious episodes in American history in this controversial bestseller. In this groundgreaking reinterpretation of America's most disatrous and controversial war, Michael Lind demolishes enduring myths and put the Vietnam War in its proper context -- as part of the global conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. Lind reveals the deep cultural divisions within the United States that made the Cold War consensus so fragile and explains how and why American public support for the war in Indochina declined. Even more stunning is his provacative argument that the United States failed in Vietnam because the military establishment did not adapt to the demands of what before 1968 had been largely a guerrilla war. In an era when the United States often finds itself embroiled in prolonged and difficult conflicts in places like Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Iraq, Lind offers a sobering cautionary tale to Ameicans of all political viewpoints. |