Triumph forsaken : the Vietnam war, 1954-1965 / Mark Moyar.
"Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many new ins...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many new insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvi, 512 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-502) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521869110 9780521869119 |