A Companion to the Vietnam War (Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History)

A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. It represents the best current scholarship on this controversial and influential episode in modern American history. Highlights issues of nationalism, culture, gender, and race. Covers the breadth of Vietnam War history, including American war policies, the Vietnamese perspective, the antiwar movement, and the American home front. Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic. Includes a select bibliography to guide further research. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 About the Contributors......Page 9 Introduction......Page 12 1 – Hanoi's Long Century......Page 14 Part I: The Vietnamese in Context......Page 30 2 – In Search of Ho Chi Minh......Page 32 3 – Belated Asian Allies: The Technical and Military Contributions of Japanese Deserters, (1945-50)......Page 50 4 – The Realities and Consequences of War in a Northern Vietnamese Commune......Page 78 5 – The My Tho Grapevine and the Sino-Soviet Split......Page 92 6 – “Vietnam” as a Women’s War......Page 106 Part II: The Americans in Southeast: Asian Context......Page 126 7 – Before the War: Legacies from the Early Twentieth Century in United States–Vietnam Relations......Page 128 8 – Franklin Roosevelt, Trusteeship and US Exceptionalism: Reconsidering the American Vision of Postcolonial Vietnam......Page 143 9 – Dreaming Different Dreams: The United States and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam......Page 159 10 – JFK and the Myth of Withdrawal......Page 175 11 – The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam During the Johnson Years......Page 187 12 – A Casualty of War: The Break in American Relations with Cambodia, 1965......Page 211 13 – The Last Casualty? Richard Nixon and the End of the Vietnam War, 1969–75......Page 242 14 – Remembering Nixon’s War......Page 273 15 – America’s Secret War in Laos, 1955–75......Page 296 Part III: Americans at Home and Abroad......Page 328 16 – Missing in Action in the Twenty-First Century......Page 330 17 – African Americans and the Vietnam War......Page 346 18 – Mexican Americans and the Viet Nam War......Page 361 19 – “They’ll Forgive You for Anything Except Being Weak”: Gender and US Escalation in Vietnam 1961–65......Page 380 20 – The Antiwar Movement......Page 397 21 – The Veterans Antiwar Movement in Fact and Memory......Page 416 22 – Sanctuary!: A Bridge Between Civilian and GI Protest Against the Vietnam War......Page 429 23 – Knowledge at War: American Social Science and Vietnam......Page 447 24 – The War on Television: TV News, the Johnson Administration, and Vietnam......Page 463 A......Page 483 B......Page 484 C......Page 485 D......Page 487 E-F......Page 488 G......Page 489 H......Page 490 I-J-K......Page 492 L......Page 494 M......Page 495 N......Page 496 O-P......Page 497 R-S......Page 498 T-V......Page 501 W......Page 502 Y-Z......Page 503 A......Page 504 B......Page 505 C......Page 506 D......Page 508 E-F......Page 509 G......Page 510 H......Page 511 I-J......Page 512 K......Page 513 L......Page 514 M......Page 515 N......Page 517 O-P......Page 519 Q-R......Page 520 S......Page 521 T......Page 523 U......Page 524 V......Page 525 W......Page 526 X-Y-Z......Page 527 Hanoi's long century / Stein Tønnesson In search of Ho Chi Minh / William Duiker Belated Asian allies : the technical and military contributions of Japanese deserters (1945-50) / Christopher E. Goscha The realities and consequences of war in a northern Vietnamese commune / Shaun Malarney The My Tho grapevine and the Sino-Soviet split / David Hunt "Vietnam" as a women's war / Karen G. Turner Before the war : legacies from the early twentieth century in United States-Vietnam relations / Anne Foster Franklin Roosevelt, trusteeship, and US exceptionalism : reconsidering the American vision of postcolonial Vietnam / Mark Bradley Dreaming different dreams : the United States and the army of the Republic of Vietnam / Robert K. Brigham JFK and the myth of withdrawal / Edwin E. Moise The politics of escalation in Vietnam during the Johnson years / Robert Buzzanco A casualty of war : the break in American relations with Cambodia, 1965 / Kento Clymer The last casualty? Richard Nixon and the end of the Vietnam War, 1969-75 / Lloyd Gardner Remembering Nixon's war / Carolyn Eisenberg America's secret war in Laos, 1955-75 / Alfred W. McCoy Missing in action in the twenty-first century / Bruce Franklin African Americans and the Vietnam War / James Westheider Mexican Americans and the Viet Nam War / George Mariscal "They'll forgive you for anything except being weak" : gender and US escalation in Vietnam 1961-65 / Robert Dean The antiwar movement / Barbara Tischler The veterans antiwar movement in fact and memory / John Prados Sanctuary! A bridge between civilian and GI protest against the Vietnam War / Michael S. Foley Knowledge at war : American social science and Vietnam / Michael E. Latham The war on television : TV news, the Johnson administration, and Vietnam / Chester J. Pach, Jr

Twenty-four historians examine particular topics related to America's war with Vietnam, both in terms of the war itself and in terms of the domestic ramifications the war had on the United States. Presented by Young (history, New York U.) and Buzzanco (history, U. of Houston), the papers address traditional concerns such as presidential planning, as well as newer concerns such as the intersections of race, gender, and class among Vietnamese and Americans. Other topics include the impact of the morale of the South Vietnamese army, the character and impact of the antiwar movement, and the changing rhetoric surrounding prisoners of war and missing in action. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"The Vietnam War was ""the quintessential conflict in the long history of warfare in our century,"" says Gabriel Kolko, who thinks it was ""virtually preordained"" that the USA would try to attain a vital military success to compensate for its failures in Korea" These historiographical and narrative essays by leading historians examine the war in its most important contexts. It contains an expanded bibliography of hundreds of secondary sources to guide further research