| Description |
xviii, 507 pages : charts ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I: SETTING THE STAGE -- Marshall Brement, Moderator -- Chapter One -- Marshall Brement, Evaluating the Vietnam War -- Chapter Two -- Wolfgang J. Lehmann, Putting the War in Context 9 -- Chapter Three -- Peter W. Rodman, The Geopolitical "Costs" of Vietnam 15 -- Chapter Four -- Jeffrey Record, Approaching the "Lessons" of the Vietnam War -- Through the Lens of Current American Military Behavior 25 -- PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE ENEMY -- Robert F. Turner, Moderator -- Chapter Five -- Douglas Pike, Vietnamese Communism: -- Understanding the Enemy 59 -- Chapter Six -- Stephen Morris, The Internationalist Outlook of Vietnamese -- Communism 69 -- -- -- -- PART III: LUNCHEON DEBATE -- John K. Setear, Moderator -- Chapter Seven -- Debate: RESOLVED: That the Basic U.S. Commitment to Defend -- South Vietnam Was Lawful Under Both International and -- Constitutional Law -- First Affirmative-John Norton Moore 97 -- First Negative-Saul Mendlovitz 107 -- Second Affirmative-Robert F. Turner 115 -- Second Negative-Lawrence R. Velvel 126 -- Rebuttals 133 -- PART IV: VIETNAM AND THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY -- Myron H. Nordquist, Moderator -- Chapter Eight -- Mark Moyar, The War Against the Viet Cong -- Shadow Government 149 -- PART V: PUBLIC OPINION AND THE WAR AT HOME: -- ASSESSING THE DEBATE AND ITS IMPACT ON GOVERNMENT -- Myron H. Nordquist, Moderator -- Chapter Nine -- John Mueller, Public Support for Military Ventures Abroad 171 -- Chapter Ten -- Robert F. Turner, How Political Warfare Caused America to -- Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory In Vietnam 221 -- Chapter Eleven -- B. G. Burkett, Stolen Valor: The "History" That Never Was 247 -- -- -- -- PART VI: WAR CRIMES, INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, -- AND THE POST-VIETNAM U.S. MILITARY -- Commander Brian Bill, Moderator -- Chapter Twelve -- Gary D. Solis, Military Justice, Civilian Clemency: -- The Sentences of Marine Corps War Crimes in -- South Vietnam 269 -- Chapter Thirteen -- William G. Eckhardt, My Lai: An American Tragedy 307 -- Chapter Fourteen -- David Graham, My Lai and Beyond: The Evolution of -- Operational Law 361 -- PART VII: HOW THE WAR WAS FOUGHT -- Robert F. Turner, Moderator -- Chapter Fifteen -- Robert E. Morris, Why We Lost the War in Vietnam: -- An Analysis 383 -- PART VIII: LUNCHEON ADDRESS -- Chapter Sixteen -- Lewis Sorley, Could the War Have Been Won? 401 -- PART IX: VIETNAM AND U.S. NATIONAL INTEREST: DID IT -- REALLY MATTER WHO WON OR LOST? -- John Norton Moore, Moderator -- Chapter Seventeen -- Michael Lind, Was the Vietnam War Necessary? 423 -- -- -- -- Chapter Eighteen -- Gregory H. Stanton, Why the Khmer Rouge Murdered -- Two Million People 447 -- POSTSCRIPT -- John Norton Moore & Robert F. Turner, Postscript: Could the War -- Have Been Won? 463 -- INDEX 49 1 |
| Notes |
Index, p.493-507 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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| SUBJECT |
Vietnam -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143260
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United States -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140291
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Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113221
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100031
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| Author |
Moore, John Norton, 1937-
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Turner, Robert F.
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| LC no. |
2001095389 |
| ISBN |
0890896488 |
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