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Where the Domino Fell : America and Vietnam 1945-2000 by Randy Roberts and James S. Olson (2006, Perfect, Revised edition)

Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II to the present, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. A new final chapter relates the foreign policy thinking of the Vietnam era to the decisions made that led the U.S. into the invasion of Iraq in 2003.Narrated in an accessible style by two distinguished historians, Where the Domino Fell is compact yet substantial. The bibliography, chronology, and glossary at the end make this volume is an important contribution not only to the study of the Vietnam War but to an understanding of the larger workings of American foreign policy.

Language
English
Topic
Asia / Southeast Asia, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Vietnam War, International Relations / General, History, Political Science
Author
Randy Roberts, James S. Olson
Illustrator
Yes

Publication Name
Where the Domino Fell : America and Vietnam 1945-2000
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Edition Number
5
Table of Content
Preface Prologue: LBJ and Vietnam 1. Eternal War: The Vietnamese Heritage 2. The First Indochina War, 1945-1954 3. The Making of a Quagmire, 1954-1960 4. The New Frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963 5. Planning a Tragedy, 1963-1965 6. Into the Abyss, 1965-1966 7. The Mirage of Progress, 1966-1967 8. Tet and the Year of the Monkey, 1968 9. The Beginning of the End, 1969-1970 10. The Fall of South Vietnam, 1970-1975 11. Distorted Images, Missed Opportunities, 1975-1995 12. Oliver Stone's Vietnam Bibliography A Vietnam War Chronology Glossary and Guide to Acronyms Index
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Reviews
" Where the Domino Fell is a very well informed and well documented critique of U. S. policy in Vietnam. From the opening years of U.S. involvement in Indochina during the Truman administration, down to the final withdrawal in the mid-1970s, the authors have provided an in-depth and topically balanced analysis of how and why the United States became involved in Vietnam and of the strategy debates that occurred over how to win the war.... An impressive achievement." -William J. Duiker, Ho Chi Minh (2000) Sacred War: Nationalism, and Intervention, and the Lessons of Vietnam (1995)
Format
Perfect
Features
Revised
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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