War and Revolution in Vietnam - 9781138154926

Taylor & Francis

Drawing on a wealth of recent research, this introduction aims to place the Vietnam war within the contexts of European colonization, American cold war strategy and Vietnam's own political history. > Written for undergradaute courses on postwar American foreign policy, Southeast Asian history, the Cold War, the Vietnam war, international relations, decolonization, and third world communism, this introduction uses the wealth of recent research to place the Vietnam war within the contexts of European colonization, American Cold War strategy and Vietnam's own political history > Communism and Colonialism in Vietnam, 1930-46   The French War, 1946-54  From Peace to War, 1954-63  The Americanization of the War, 1964-68  American Defeat and Communist Victory, 1968-75  Conclusion - Vietnam and the World, 1975-95 > \n'This book may be profitably taken as a starting point for interested readers to explore for themselves one of the mosw