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RETHINKING WORLD POLITICS

John Dumbrell

Oprawa:
TWARDA

Wydawca:
Macmillan Education UK

ISBN:
9780333984901

676,99 PLN
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Opis produktu

The Vietnam War is one of the defining conflicts of the twentieth century: not only did it divide American society at every level: the conflict also represented a key shift in Asian anticolonialism and shaped the course of the Cold War. Despite its political and social importance popular memory of the war is dominated by myths and stereotypes. brbrIn this incisive new text John Dumbrell debunks popular assumptions about the war and reassesses the key political military and historical controversies associated with one of the most contentious and divisive wars of recent times. Drawing upon an extensive range of newly accessible sources Rethinking the Vietnam War assesses all aspects of the conflict ranging across domestic electoral politics in the USA to the divided communist leadership in Hanoi and grassroots antiwar movements around the world. brbrThe book charts the full course of the war from the origins of American involvement the growing internationalization of the conflict and the swing year of 1968 to bitter twists in SinoSoviet rivalry and the eventual withdrawal of American forces. Situating the conflict within an international context John Dumbrell also considers competing interpretations of the war and points the way to the resolution of debates which have divided international opinion for deRethinking the Vietnam War. The Developing War. Lyndon Johnsons War. The Tet Offensive. Nixons War. The Antiwar Movement. The Military Dimension. Understanding the Vietnamese Revolution. Endings and ReverberaJOHN DUMBRELL is Professor of Government at Durham UniversityThe Vietnam War is one of the defining conflicts of the twentieth century: not only did it divide American society at every level: the conflict also represented a key shift in Asian anticolonialism and shaped the course of the Cold War. Despite its political and social importance popular memory of the war is dominated by myths and stereotypes. brbrIn this incisive new text John Dumbrell debunks popular assumptions about the war and reassesses the key political military and historical controversies associated with one of the most contentious and divisive wars of recent times. Drawing upon an extensive range of newly accessible sources Rethinking the Vietnam War assesses all aspects of the conflict ranging across domestic electoral politics in the USA to the divided communist leadership in Hanoi and grassroots antiwar movements around the world. brbrThe book charts the full course of the war from the origins of American involvement the growing internationalization of the conflict and the swing year of 1968 to bitter twists in SinoSoviet rivalry and the eventual withdrawal of American forces. Situating the conflict within an international context John Dumbrell also considers competing interpretations of the war and points the way to the resolution of debates which have divided international opinion for deullStrong sales potential to students on Politi

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