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After Vietnam: Legacies of a Lost War
Charles E. Neu (Ed.)
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Description for After Vietnam: Legacies of a Lost War
Paperback. McNamara, aware of the magnitude of his errors and burdened by the war's destructiveness, draws lessons from his experience with the aim of preventing wars in the future. Editor(s): Neu, Charles E. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Efforts to understand the impact of the Vietnam War on America began soon after it ended, and they continue to the present day. In After Vietnam four distinguished scholars focus on different elements of the war's legacy, while one of the major architects of the conflict, former defense secretary Robert S. McNamara, contributes a final chapter pondering foreign policy issues of the twenty-first century. In the book's opening chapter, Charles E. Neu explains how the Vietnam War changed Americans' sense of themselves: challenging widely-held national myths, the war brought frustration, disillusionment, and a weakening of Americans' sense of ... Read more
Efforts to understand the impact of the Vietnam War on America began soon after it ended, and they continue to the present day. In After Vietnam four distinguished scholars focus on different elements of the war's legacy, while one of the major architects of the conflict, former defense secretary Robert S. McNamara, contributes a final chapter pondering foreign policy issues of the twenty-first century. In the book's opening chapter, Charles E. Neu explains how the Vietnam War changed Americans' sense of themselves: challenging widely-held national myths, the war brought frustration, disillusionment, and a weakening of Americans' sense of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Maryland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801863325
SKU
V9780801863325
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About Charles E. Neu (Ed.)
Charles E. Neu is a professor and chair in the department of history at Brown University. He is the author of The Troubled Encounter: The United States and Japan and An Uncertain Friendship: Theodore Roosevelt and Japan and the editor of The Wilson Era: Essays in Honor of Arthur S. Link. Contributors: Brian Balogh, University of ... Read more
Reviews for After Vietnam: Legacies of a Lost War
At the best, After Vietnam succeeds in its efforts to transform and deepen scholarly analysis of the war's legacies in both Vietnam and the United States.
Mark Philip Bradley Reviews in American History It is possible the new war to which President Bush has committed the country will obscure the continuing importance of the legacies addressed in the five ... Read more
Mark Philip Bradley Reviews in American History It is possible the new war to which President Bush has committed the country will obscure the continuing importance of the legacies addressed in the five ... Read more