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America, the Vietnam War, and the World

Comparative and International Perspectives

Lloyd C Gardner editor Wilfried Mausbach editor Andreas W Daum editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:21st Jul '03

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This volume presents perspectives on the Vietnam War, its global repercussions, and its role in modern history.

This volume presents perspectives on the Vietnam War, its global repercussions, and the role of this war in modern history. It reveals 'America's War' as an international event that reverberated all over the world, and addresses political, military, and diplomatic issues no less than the cultural and intellectual consequences.This book presents perspectives on the Vietnam War, its global repercussions, and the role of this war in modern history. The volume reveals 'America's War' as an international event that reverberated all over the world: in domestic settings of numerous nation-states, combatants and non-combatants alike, as well as in transnational relations and alliance systems. The volume thereby covers a wide geographical range - from Berkeley and Berlin to Cambodia and Canberra. The essays address political, military, and diplomatic issues no less than cultural and intellectual consequences of 'Vietnam'. The authors also set the Vietnam War in comparison to other major conflicts in world history; they cover over three centuries, and develop general insights into the tragedies and trajectories of military conflicts as phenomena of modern societies in general. For the first time, 'America's War' is thus depicted as a truly global event whose origins and characteristics deserve an interdisciplinary treatment.

'… the editors have sought to promote new perspectives on the American war … provide a welcome antidote to the smothering 'Americanization' (p.6) of the conflict's historiography.' History

ISBN: 9780521810487

Dimensions: 236mm x 158mm x 29mm

Weight: 658g

384 pages