Hanoi's war : an international history of the war for peace in Vietnam /

While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the reade...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nguyen, Lien-Hang T., 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Series:New Cold War history.
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Table of Contents:
  • Le Duan's rise to power and the road to war
  • Policing the state in a time of war
  • The battle in Hanoi for the Tet Offensive
  • To Paris and beyond
  • Sideshows and main arenas
  • Talking while fighting
  • War against détente
  • War for peace.