Contents : 1. The first "protectorate": France and Cambodia 2. Into the quagmire: America and Indochina before Geneva 3. The pursuit of neutrality: Cambodia and the powers, 1954-1966 4. The erosion of neutrality: America and the rise of the Cambodian right, 1966-1969 5. A gamble that failed: Sihanouk and the Cambodian right, 1969-March 1970 6. From nationalism to revolution: the coup an…
This book describes and appraises American use of propaganda in Vietnam (1965-1972) as an instrument of foreign policy. Ninety-five illustrations and numerous quotations of American leaflets and posters are included. These were selected to provide the reader a "feelng" or "flavor" of the propaganda campaign.
Delves into the various problems that confront Vietnam veterans and their families.
Noted observers including Thomas Lippman and Stanley Karnow provide candid portraits and critical analyses of the war in Vietnam.
Fresh revelations drawn from secret documents and interviews with the participants clarify the ordeal of the Vietnam War Published as a companion volume to Vietnam, a television history. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1983.
This study of American involvement in Vietnam analyzes the ultimate failure of the war and examines its impact on US foreign policy. It seeks to place American involvement in Vietnam in historical perspective and to offer answers to several important questions.
The author portrays American participation in the Vietnam War as the logical culmination of the containment policy that began under Harry Truman in the late 1940's. Also his portrayal of the complex challenge that Vietnam posed for the United States and the varied responses it evoked from American people & leaders
Laos is a major arena of international confrontation despite the Geneva Accords of 1962. Yet there is a dearth of published material on Laos, and the crucial issue of North Vietnam's role in that country has hardly been examined. This important study illuminates the North Vietnamese-Pathet Lao partnership, an understanding of which is so critical to the search for peace in Indochina. The author…