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The real lessons of the Vietnam War : reflections twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon

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The real lessons of the Vietnam War : reflections twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon

Call No

E183.8.V5

Authors

Moore, John Norton, 1937-
Turner, Robert F

Subjects

Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
United States.

Language

English

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Publication Desc

xviii, 507 pages ;

ISBN

0890896488

LCCN

2001095389

Dimensions

24 cm.

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Pt. I.Setting the Stage. -- Ch. 1. Evaluating the Vietnam War / Marshall Brement. -- Ch. 2. Putting the War in Context / Wolfgang J. Lehmann. -- Ch. 3. The Geopolitical "Costs" of Vietnam / Peter W. Rodman. -- Ch. 4. Approaching the "Lessons" of the Vietnam War Through the Lens of Current American Military Behavior / Jeffrey Record -- Pt. II. Understanding the Enemy. -- Ch. 5. Vietnamese Communism: Understanding the Enemy / Douglas Pike. -- Ch. 6. The Internationalist Outlook of Vietnamese Communism / Stephen Morris -- Pt. III. Luncheon Debate. -- Ch. 7. Debate: RESOLVED: That the Basic U.S. Commitment to Defend South Vietnam Was Lawful Under Both International and Constitutional Law. -- First Affirmative / John Norton Moore. -- First Negative / Saul Mendlovitz. -- Second Affirmative / Robert F. Turner. -- Second Negative / Lawrence R. Velvel. -- Rebuttals -- Pt. IV. Vietnam and the Intelligence Community. -- Ch. 8. The War Against the Viet Cong Shadow Government / Mark Moyar -- Pt. V. Public Opinion and the War at Home: Assessing the Debate and Its Impact on Government. -- Ch. 9. Public Support for Military Ventures Abroad / John Mueller. -- Ch. 10. How Political Warfare Caused America to Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory In Vietnam / Robert F. Turner. -- Ch. 11. Stolen Valor: The "History" That Never Was / B. G. Burkett -- Pt. VI. War Crimes, International Humanitarian Law, and the Post-Vietnam U.S. Military. -- Ch. 12. Military Justice, Civilian Clemency: The Sentences of Marine Corps War Crimes in South Vietnam / Gary D. Solis. -- Ch. 13. My Lai: An American Tragedy / William G. Eckhardt. -- Ch. 14. My Lai and Beyond: The Evolution of Operational Law / David Graham -- Pt. VII. How the War Was Fought. -- Ch. 15. Why We Lost the War in Vietnam: An Analysis / Robert E. Morris -- Pt. VIII. Luncheon Address. -- Ch. 16. Could the War Have Been Won? / Lewis Sorley -- Pt. IX. Vietnam and U.S. National Interest: Did It Really Matter Who Won or Lost? -- Ch. 17. Was the Vietnam War Necessary? / Michael Lind. -- Ch. 18. Why the Khmer Rouge Murdered Two Million People / Gregory H. Stanton -- Postscript: Could the War Have Been Won? / John Norton Moore and Robert F. Turner.