Inventing Vietnam: The United States and State Building, 1954-1968: 0 - Brossura

Carter, James M.

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ISBN 10: 052171690X ISBN 13: 9780521716901

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

This book considers the Vietnam war in light of U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, concluding that the war was a direct result of failed state-building efforts. This U.S. nation building project began in the mid-1950s with the ambitious goal of creating a new independent, democratic, modern state below the 17th parallel. No one involved imagined this effort would lead to a major and devastating war in less than a decade. Carter analyzes how the United States ended up fighting a large-scale war that wrecked the countryside, generated a flood of refugees, and brought about catastrophic economic distortions, results which actually further undermined the larger U.S. goal of building a viable state. Carter argues that, well before the Tet Offensive shocked the viewing public in late January, 1968, the campaign in southern Vietnam had completely failed and furthermore, the program contained the seeds of its own failure from the outset.

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'... his work adds an important piece of understanding to the extremely complex jigsaw which was Vietnam at the time.' Asian Affairs

Descrizione del libro:

The U.S. nation building project in Vietnam began in the mid-1950s with the ambitious goal of creating a new independent, democratic, modern state below the 17th parallel. Carter argues that the roots of the Vietnam war lie in this failed state-building attempt by the U.S.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 052171690X
• ISBN 13: 9780521716901
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 276