TY - BOOK AU - Bradley,Mark AU - Young,Marilyn Blatt TI - Making sense of the Vietnam wars: local, national, and transnational perspectives SN - 9780195315134 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - DS553.1 .M355 2008 U1 - 959.704/1 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Indochinese War, 1946-1954 KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Vietnam KW - History KW - 1945-1975 N1 - 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 ER -