The Vietnam War (Problems in Focus S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333658310 ISBN 13: 9780333658314

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998

Synopsis

Whether viewed as a proxy encounter in the Cold War or as one of the last colonial wars, the conflict in Vietnam continues to attract enormous attention as one of the most divisive and traumatic events of the post World War II period. Many of the issues have tended to revolve almost exclusively around American culpability: the immolation of the US of an otherwise blameless region for reasons of incompetent "Realpolitik" (the view of one camp) or the terrible American sacrifice which blunted forever Communism's ability to expand into the rest of Asia (the view of the other). With the end of the Cold War, the arguments can be re-evaluated. This book is an attempt, using an international range of contributors, to explain to students the wider meaning and effects of the Vietnam conflict. The essays are intended to provide teaching material and give a greater depth to our understanding of the war.

About this title

Review

Much the best book for range and depth of analysis now available on Vietnam'. - O.A. Hartley, University of Leeds

'...welcome for its international perspective.' - The Economist

About the Author

PETER LOWE was one time Reader of History at Manchester University, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333658310
• ISBN 13: 9780333658314
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Lowe Peter