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The Vietnam War Reexamined (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,224
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The Vietnam War Reexamined (Hardcover): Michael G. Kort

The Vietnam War Reexamined (Hardcover)

Michael G. Kort

Series: Cambridge Essential Histories

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Going beyond the dominant orthodox narrative to incorporate insight from revisionist scholarship on the Vietnam War, Michael G. Kort presents the case that the United States should have been able to win the war, and at a much lower cost than it suffered in defeat. Presenting a study that is both historiographic and a narrative history, Kort analyzes important factors such as the strong nationalist credentials and leadership qualities of South Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem; the flawed military strategy of 'graduated response' developed by Robert McNamara; and the real reasons South Vietnam collapsed in the face of a massive North Vietnamese invasion in 1975. Kort shows how the US commitment to defend South Vietnam was not a strategic error but a policy consistent with US security interests during the Cold War, and that there were potentially viable strategic approaches to the war that might have saved South Vietnam.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Essential Histories
Release date: December 2017
Authors: Michael G. Kort
Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-04640-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
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Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
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LSN: 1-107-04640-8
Barcode: 9781107046405

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