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The war after the war : the struggle for credibility during America's exit from Vietnam / Johannes Kadura.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801453960
  • 0801453968
  • 9781501703799
  • 150170379X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: War after the warDDC classification:
  • 959.704/310973 23
LOC classification:
  • DS559.62.U6 K33 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Contingency planning in turbulent times -- The strategy of the ceasefire -- The XX plus 60 period -- The collapse of the equilibrium strategy -- Going down with colors flying -- Ford and the fall of Saigon -- Beyond defeat in Indochina -- Conclusion: a mixed record.
Summary: This book offers a fresh interpretation of American strategy in the wake of the cease-fire that began in Vietnam on January 28, 1973. The U.S. exit from Vietnam continues to be important in discussions of present-day U.S. foreign policy, so it is crucial that it be interpreted correctly. In challenging the prevailing version of the history of the events, the book provides interesting correctives to the different accounts, including the ones of the key actors themselves, President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger foremost among them.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index.

Introduction: Contingency planning in turbulent times -- The strategy of the ceasefire -- The XX plus 60 period -- The collapse of the equilibrium strategy -- Going down with colors flying -- Ford and the fall of Saigon -- Beyond defeat in Indochina -- Conclusion: a mixed record.

This book offers a fresh interpretation of American strategy in the wake of the cease-fire that began in Vietnam on January 28, 1973. The U.S. exit from Vietnam continues to be important in discussions of present-day U.S. foreign policy, so it is crucial that it be interpreted correctly. In challenging the prevailing version of the history of the events, the book provides interesting correctives to the different accounts, including the ones of the key actors themselves, President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger foremost among them.

English.

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