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Making sense of the Vietnam wars : local, national, and transnational perspectives / edited by Mark Philip Bradley and Marilyn B. Young. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xi, 318 p. ; 24 cm. - Reinterpreting history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-308) and index.

Pt. 1. American intervention and the Cold War consensus. Explaining the early decisions / Mark Atwood Lawrence -- "No place to fight a war" / Seth Jacobs -- Explaining the Vietnam War / Gareth Porter -- "There ain't no daylight" / Fredrik Logevall -- Pt. 2. The coming of war in Vietnam. Through a glass darkly / Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Vision, power, and agency / Edward Miller -- Taking notice of the everyday / David Hunt -- Co so cach mang and the social network of war / Heonik Kwon -- Pt. 3. War's end and endless wars. Cold War contradictions / Lien-Hang T. Nguyen -- "Help us tell the truth about Vietnam" / Michael J. Allen -- Official history, revisionist history, and wild history / David W.P. Elliott.

ISBN: 9780195315134 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0195315138 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780195315141 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0195315146 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007029903

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA851009 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014574505 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indochinese War, 1946-1954.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Vietnam--History--1945-1975.

LC Class. No.: DS553.1 / .M355 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 959.704/1