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020 _a0195166353 (pbk.)
020 _a9780195166354 (pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm56722010
035 _a(OCoLC)56722010
040 _aGCV
_cGCV
_beng
041 _aeng
050 1 4 _a438 DS 557.7
_bY74v 2003
082 0 0 _a959.704/3
100 1 _aYoung, Marilyn B.
_q(Marilyn Blatt),
_d1937-2017
245 1 4 _aThe Vietnam War :
_ba history in documents /
_cMarilyn B. Young, John J. Fitzgerald, A. Tom Grunfeld.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2003.
300 _a175 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c26 cm.
440 0 _aPages from history
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-166) and index.
505 0 _aWhat is a document? -- How to read a document -- Little history, by way of introduction -- First Indochina war -- Vietnam approaches America ; America responds -- Waist deep in the big muddy -- Temporary peace ; Eisenhower's Vietnam ; Kennedy's war -- America's war -- War expands ; Public debate -- Selling patriotism -- Going to war -- Soldiers at war ; Other voices ; Condition of the army -- People divided -- African-American community ; Opposition within the military -- Nixon's war -- My Lai ; Nixon doctrine ; Bombing Hanoi to the bargaining table -- After the war -- Looking back ; Legacies.
520 _aProvides a social and political context for the Vietnam War, with little coverage of the actual fighting. Focuses on the official documents, speeches, quotes, media commentary, and memoirs that trace the history of French, and later, American involvements in Southeast Asia.
650 0 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975
_vSources
_vJuvenile literature.
650 4 _aGuerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975
_96184
700 1 _aFitzgerald, John J.,
_d1941-
_926221
700 1 _aGrunfeld, A. Tom,
_926222
_d1946-
942 _2lcc
_cBK
946 _aLspaulino