Looking back on the Vietnam War : a 1990s perspective on the decisions, combat, and legacies / edited by William Head and Lawrence E. Grinter.

Collection type	Library
Author	Head, William P., 1949-; Grinter, Lawrence E.;
Call Number	959.7043373 L863
Document type	Monograph
Year	1993.
Citation	92039154
Pagination	xi, 271 p., [1] leaf of plates : map ; 25 cm.
Publisher	Greenwood Press,
Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and index.
Place made	Westport, Conn.

Abstract

Preface / William Head -- Introduction: The Vietnam War - A Look Back, A Look Ahead / William Head -- Pt. I. Background and Overview. 1. Vietnam and Its Wars: A Historical Overview of U.S. Involvement / William Head. 2. The Global Dimensions and Legacieof a Brushfire War / Marc Jason Gilbert -- Pt. II. Decision Making and Policy Makers. 3. The Johnson Administration's Conduct of Limited War in Vietnam / George C. Herring. 4. From the Tonkin Gulf to the Persian Gulf: The Devolution of the Senate's Rolen War Making / Caroline F. Ziemke. 5. China and the Revisionist Thesis / John W. Garver -- Pt. III. The Air War. 6. Bombing Our Way Back Home: The Commando Hunt and Menu Campaigns of 1969-1973 / Earl H. Tilford, Jr. 7. Of Demons, Storms, and Thunder: Aeliminary Look at Vietnam's Impact on the Persian Gulf Air Campaign / Mark Clodfelter. 8. North Vietnamese Air Defenses During the Vietnam War / Douglas Pike -- Pt. IV. The Ground War.9. If at First You Don't Succeed, Try to Rewrite History: Revisionism and the Vietnam War / John M. Gates. 10. Everything Is Perfect and Getting Better: The Myths and Measures of the American Ground War in Indochina, 1965-1968 / Larry E. Cable -- Pt. V.egacies. 11. The Lessons and Ghosts of Vietnam / Lorenzo M. Crowell. 12. Reflections on the Vietnam War: The Views of a Vietnamese on Vietnamese-American Misconceptions / Bui Diem.