Download or read book The Vietnam War written by Nick Treanor and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses primary source materials to discuss differing opinions on the Vietnam War (1961-1975), explaining that Vietnam was one of the hot spots of the Cold War.
Download or read book The Vietnam War written by James H. Willbanks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam War remains one of the most contentious events in American history. This book is a collection of essays that seeks to examine the current state of scholarship on the war and its aftermath. It is divided into five sections which address American presidents and the war, the conduct of the war in the field, the impact of the Tet Offensive, the meaning of the war and its lasting legacies. The purpose of the collection is to present the most recent contributions to the continuing academic and scholarly dialogue about one of the most momentous historical events of the twentieth century.
Download or read book Vietnam War written by Martin Gitlin and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the causes of and events leading to the Vietnam War. Easy-to-read, engaging text discusses major battles and key figures of the war and the technology and weapons used during the war. Through primary source quotes, readers will discover the experiences of soldiers and people on the home front. Readers will learn what impact the Vietnam War had on US history and the country?s development. Oversized photographs and informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Download or read book Analyzing Visual Primary Sources Vietnam written by and published by Social Studies. This book was released on 2006 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains materials for use in teaching how to interpret visual primary sources from the Vietnam War.
Download or read book Primary Source Accounts of the Vietnam War written by Kim A. O'Connell and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thought-provoking title gives readers a loot at the Vietnam War through the eyes of soldiers and others involved. Author Kim A. O'Connell uses letters, diaries, and other documents to give the reader a more personal view of this war.
Download or read book The Vietnam War from the Other Side written by Cheng Guan Ang and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective. This book presents a history of the war from the perspective of the Vietnamese communists, using Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources.
Download or read book The Vietnam War written by R. G. Grant and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2004-07-12 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Primary sources- 24 full-color maps in each title- Profiles of military and political leaders
Download or read book Vietnam written by John Prados and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major synthesis of the war since 2001, drawing upon a host of newly declassified documents, presidential tapes, and overlooked foreign sources to give the most comprehensive look to date of the war that still haunts America.
Download or read book Teaching the Vietnam War written by Joe P. Dunn and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources for Teaching the Vietnam War written by Ann L. Kelsey and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Vietnam Reader written by George Moss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1991 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 61 important primary source documents used by all scholars of the Vietnam War.
Download or read book The Vietnam War written by Tammy Gagne and published by Lightbox / Smartbook Media Incorporated. This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vietnam at War written by Phillip B. Davidson and published by Gower Publishing Company, Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eminently qualified to write this history, Davidson--who served as chief intelligence officer under Generals Westmoreland and Abrams--tells firsthand the story of our tragic ordeal in Indochina and brings his unique understanding to bear on topics of continuing controversy, offering a chilling account, for example, of when and where the U.S. considered using nuclear weapons. The most comprehensive and authoritative history of the conflict to date, Vietnam at War sparkles with a rare immediacy, and brings to life in compelling fashion the war that tore America apart. We witness the chaos in Saigon when fireworks celebrating the Tet holiday are suddenly transformed into deadly rocket and machine-gun fire. We sit in on high-level meetings where General Westmoreland plans operations, or simply engages in some tough "headknocking" with subordinates. And in the end we learn that even the seemingly limitless resources of the U.S.
Download or read book The Lessons of the Vietnam War written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vietnam a History in Documents written by Gareth Porter and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1981 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description: This landmark volume at last gives us a full picture from both sides of the Vietnam conflict, from Ho Chi Minh's first call for revolution to the fall of the U.S.-backed government in Siagon. Decision-makers whose words come to us in over 300 documents spanning almost 35 years. Many of these documents come from recently declassified U.S. archives. They combine to show the step-by-step process by which Franklin Roosevelt's early support for Vietnamese independence moved in succeeding administrations to support for French colonial rule, and then to our own direct armed intervention. They form a record, too, of changing North Vietnamese policy as hope of peaceful triumph faded and struggle against vast military odds became a necessity. Charged with a sense of tragic inevitability as American misconceptions compounded themselves and North Vietnamese militancy stiffened, this revelatory compliation gives eloquent answers to agonizing questions raised by one of the great turning points of modern history. Here is what really happened. And here is why.
Download or read book The Vietnam Wars written by Kevin Ruane and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This source book chronicles the history of the most controversial conflict of the 20th century, beginning with the birth of the Vietnamese communist party in 1930 and ending with the Vietnamese revolution in 1975. The text combines short essays with original documents to illustrate the debate. Alongside the dominating American intervention, the study also focuses on the international dimension of the conflict, particularly the role of the Soviet, Chinese and British; but it is the Vietnamese perspective that remains key.
Download or read book Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War written by Robert J. McMahon and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War incorporates a spate of new research and a number of recently declassified documents concerning the Vietnam War.
