Vietnam : An American Ordeal (4 Rev ed)

New Topics in the Fourth Edition: - The intentions of John F Kennedy - Examines evidence asserting that had John F Kennedy lived, he would have phased out the U.

S. involvement in Vietnam and that there would have been no American war in Southeast Asia. - The Communist perspective on the wars in Southeast Asia and the Cold War generally - Reflects information from archival materials from the former Soviet Union and from China. - The diplomatic strategies of President Nixon - Did he sabotage the peace talks in November 1968 to win an election?

Did he prolong the war unnecessarily by stubbornly trying to win it? - Controversial events occurring in the Gulf of Tonkin in early August, 1964 and the intentions of the Johnson administration - Did the U.

S. deliberately provoke the North Vietnamese to attack our ships to enable Johnson to get Congressional approval of the air war that Washington was planning to wage against the North Vietnamese? - Vietnamese perspectives now integrated into narrative - Includes information about the conditions of service for the NVA, including women fighters. - Expanded treatment of the role of women in the U. S. military serving in Vietnam. - Recent U. S. - Vietnamese relations - Includes the signing of the new trade agreement in 1998 and the visit of President Clinton in November 2000.

Will Vietnam join the global economy thereby putting its antiquated Communist system of political economy at risk? - The influence of Vietnam memories on American political life and foreign policy.