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The Vietnam War. An International History in Documents.
Mark Atwood Lawrence
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Description for The Vietnam War. An International History in Documents.
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
The Vietnam War: An International History in Documents places America's most controversial conflict in a broad, international context that reflects the experiences of North and South Vietnam, China, and European nations, as well as the United States. Featuring newly available material, this brief collection of primary-source documents includes several never-before published and freshly translated diplomatic documents, social and cultural commentaries, memoirs, cartoons, posters, and photos. Mark Atwood Lawrence enables students to compare and contrast different vantage points on the war and to appreciate the conflict in all of its complexity.
The Vietnam War: An International History in Documents places America's most controversial conflict in a broad, international context that reflects the experiences of North and South Vietnam, China, and European nations, as well as the United States. Featuring newly available material, this brief collection of primary-source documents includes several never-before published and freshly translated diplomatic documents, social and cultural commentaries, memoirs, cartoons, posters, and photos. Mark Atwood Lawrence enables students to compare and contrast different vantage points on the war and to appreciate the conflict in all of its complexity.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199924400
SKU
V9780199924400
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About Mark Atwood Lawrence
Mark Atwood Lawrence is Associate Professor of History and Distinguished Fellow at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Vietnam War: A Concise International History (OUP, 2008) and Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam (2005). He is also coeditor of The First Indochina War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis (2007).
Reviews for The Vietnam War. An International History in Documents.
"This is simply the best collection of documents pertaining to the long and difficult struggle for Vietnam. Mark Atwood Lawrence is one of our leading scholars of the international history of the war, and he shows it here, compiling a superb and wide-ranging sourcebook that provides crucial insight into the aims and policies of all sides in the conflict."
Fredrik Logevall, author of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam "A superb collection of documents representing a variety of national and individual perspectives on the war in Vietnam. Highly recommended for classroom use."
George C. Herring, author of America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 "From the writings of war leaders in Washington, Hanoi, and Saigon, to the voices of men and women affected by the fighting on the ground, and to noteworthy images of the conflict that traversed the globe, Lawrence has captured the Vietnam War era through this indispensable volume."
Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam "This splendid new documentary collection makes an ideal contribution to any course on the Vietnam War. It utilizes fresh documents from a range of perspectives to introduce students and general readers alike to the complexities of the Vietnam War."
Robert McMahon, author of The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia Since World War II
Fredrik Logevall, author of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam "A superb collection of documents representing a variety of national and individual perspectives on the war in Vietnam. Highly recommended for classroom use."
George C. Herring, author of America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 "From the writings of war leaders in Washington, Hanoi, and Saigon, to the voices of men and women affected by the fighting on the ground, and to noteworthy images of the conflict that traversed the globe, Lawrence has captured the Vietnam War era through this indispensable volume."
Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam "This splendid new documentary collection makes an ideal contribution to any course on the Vietnam War. It utilizes fresh documents from a range of perspectives to introduce students and general readers alike to the complexities of the Vietnam War."
Robert McMahon, author of The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia Since World War II