International History of the Vietnam War

Volume 3: The Making of a Limited War,1965-1966

Inbunden, Engelska, 1990

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Beskrivning

During 1965 the Vietnam War was transformed into an American War. 'Escalation' brought the deployment of increasing numbers of United States ground troops, and a slowly expanding air campaign against North Vietnam. not even, as a 'big unit' war on the ground, to spread beyond the borders of Vietnam.

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Utgivningsdatum:1990-11-18
Mått:140 x 216 x 34 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:490
Upplaga:1991
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333339589

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List of Tables - Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - PART 1 FEBRUARY-APRIL 1965 - February-March 1965: Crisis and Commitment - The Soviet Commitment to Hanoi - NSAM-328 and the Johns Hopkins Address - 'We Shall Fight to the End!' - The Point of No Return? - PART 2 MAY-JULY 1965 - 'Mayflower': The First Bombing Pause - The May-June Offensive - The July Decisions - PART 3 AUGUST 1965-JANUARY 1966 - China and Asia in 1965: Failure of a Strategy - A 'Big Unit' War: the Juggernaut begins to Roll - Strategic Reassessments in Beijing and Hanoi - The American 'Peace Offensive' and Second Bombing Pause - PART 4 FEBRUARY-JULY 1966 - The Honolulu Conference and the Fulbright Hearings - The Miyamoto Mission and a New Sino-Soviet Crisis - Turmoil in South Vietnam: The Danang Uprising - May 1966: A Review in Washington, Remarks by Zhou Enlai, and the Battle of Danang - The Third Escalation and the Crisis of July 1966 - PART 5: AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1966 - The Troop Issue and the Debate on United States Global Commitments - Diplomatic Impasse - 'Girding for a Longer War' - The Manila Conference and the Decisions of November 1966 - Notes - Bibliography - Index