The Vietnam War 1956-1975 / Edition 1

by Andrew Wiest

Overview

This book provides a gripping exploration of the full two decades of the Vietnam War—arguably the most important event, or series of events, of the American Century. The United States entered this brutal conflict certain of its Cold War doctrines and its moral mission to save the world from the advance of communism. But the war was not at all what America expected. Outnumbered and outgunned, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces resorted to guerrilla warfare based on the theories of China's Mao Zedong. This was war reduced to its most basic level—find the enemy and kill him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415968515
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/24/2003
Series:	Essential Histories
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Andy Wiest is presently a Professor of History at the University of Southern Misssissippi, and serves as director of the Vietnam Studies Program and co-director of the university's Center for the Study of War and Society. He has authored several articles and book chapters on Great War history and the history of Vietnam, including 'Passchendaele and the Royal Navy' (Greenwood Press, 1995), 'The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War' (with Chris McNab, Amber Books, 2000) and 'The Illustrated History of World War I' (Amber Books, 2000).