The War for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975: Revised Edition
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"This book fills a niche in the increasing number of texts on the Vietnam War as it provides a short, readable volume for the novice student written from a `revisionist' (i.e., centrist/conservative) perspective. Among its many strengths are: (1) it is accessible to the nonspecialist, (2) it provides the background in Vietnamese history and politics and the long origins of the conflict necessary to understand the context of American involvement, (3) it affords balanced insight into the contending military forces without romanticizing the Communist guerillas, (4) it incisively critiques inadequate American military strategy and tactics, (5) it assesses honestly the problems, successes, and failures of building a viable political order in South Vietnam, and (6) it daringly challenges the `prevailing wisdom' on a wide range of issues and offers a provocative conclusion. . . . This is a very useful book in line with new revisionist writings such as Phillip B. Davidson's Vietnam at War and F. Charles Parker's Vietnam: Strategy for a Stalemate (1989). A good volume for high school and public libraries as well as academic collections."
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“This book fills a niche in the increasing number of texts on the Vietnam War as it provides a short, readable volume for the novice student writtten from a `revisionist'(i.e. centrist/conservative) perspective. Among its many strengths are: (1)it is accessible to the nonspecialist, (2)is provides the background in Vietnamese history and politics and the long origins of the conflict necessary to understand the context of American military strategy and tactics, (3) it affords balanced insight into the contending military forces without romanticizing the Communist guerrillas, (4) it incisively critiques inadequate American military strategy and tactics, (5)it assesses honestly the problems, successes, and failures of building a viable political order in South Vietnam, and (6)it daringly challenges the `prevailing wisdom' on a wide range of issues and offers a provocative conclusion...A good volume for high school and public libraries as well as academic collections.”–
“In an interesting, fast-paced, and well-written analysis, Anthony James Joes successfully melds the Vietnam War revisionist historian's emphasis on the inability of American and South Vietnamese leaders to understand the political dimensions of the Vietnam War with the post-revisionist historian's focus on looking at the conflict from a Vietnamese viewpoint.”–
“...this is a useful book, one in line with new revisionist writings...”–
“...Joes' presentation is dispassionate, clear, and plausible, as he takes the reader quickly and skillfully from the Viet Mich War in 1954 to the fall of Saigon in March 1975. The moderate level of detail he employs makes the book ideal for classroom use.”–
The War for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975: Revised Edition
The War for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975: Revised Edition,Anthony James Joes,Praeger Paperback,0275968073,1945-1975,Asia - Southeast Asia,History,History - General History,History: World,Military,Military - General,Vietnam,Vietnam War, 1961-1975,Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975,History / Military / General
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