Triumph forsaken : the Vietnam war, 1954-1965 / Mark Moyar.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006Description: xxvi, 512 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521869110
- 9780521869119
- 959.7043 22
- DS557.7 .M77 2006
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 959.7043 MOY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A426639B |
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959.7043 EYE The eyewitness history of the Vietnam war, 1961-1975 / | 959.7043 HAL The making of a quagmire : America and Vietnam during the Kennedy era / | 959.7043 JON Death of a generation : how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War / | 959.7043 MOY Triumph forsaken : the Vietnam war, 1954-1965 / | 959.7043 UHL Vietnam : a soldier's view / | 959.7043393 BAR Voices from Vietnam / | 959.7043393 MCG New Zealand's Vietnam War : a history of combat, commitment and controversy / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-502) and index.
1. Heritage -- 2. Two Vietnams : July 1954-December 1955 -- 3. Peaceful coexistence : 1956-1959 -- 4. Insurgency : 1960 -- 5. Commitment : 1961 -- 6. Rejuvenation : January-June 1962 -- 7. Attack : July-December 1962 -- 8. The battle of Ap Bac : January 1963 -- 9. Diem on trial : February-July 1963 -- 10. Betrayal : August 1963 -- 11. Self-destruction : September-November 2, 1963 -- 12. The return of the twelve warlords : November 3-December 1963 -- 13. Self-imposed restrictions : January-July 1964 -- 14. Signals : August-October 1964 -- 15. Invasion : November-December 1964 -- 16. The prize for victory : January-May 1965 -- 17. Decision : June-July 1965.
"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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