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Drawing on a wealth of recent research, this introduction aims to place the Vietnam war within the contexts of European colonization, American cold war strategy and Vietnam's own political history.

In the spring of 1954, after eight years of bitter fighting, the war in Vietnam between the French and the communist-led Vietminh came to a head. With French forces reeling, the United States planned to intervene militarily to shore-up the anti-communist position. Turning to its allies for support, first and foremost Great Britain, the US administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower sought to create what Secretary of State John Foster Dulles called ...

Written for undergradaute courses on postwar American foreign policy, Southeast Asian history, the Cold War, the Vietnam war, international relations, decolonization, and third world communism, this introduction uses the wealth of recent research to place the Vietnam war within the contexts of European colonization, American Cold War strategy and Vietnam's own political history

Moving from the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War to the Cold War and the advent of the hydrogen bomb, this book explores Winston Churchill's changing relationship with and views on nuclear weapons. Kevin Ruane explains how Churchill began to see the bomb as a weapon for keeping the peace. The story of Churchill's nuclear obsession and his quest to bring about an 'easement' in East-West tensions is a compelling one wit...

Moving from the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War to the Cold War and the advent of the hydrogen bomb, this book explores Winston Churchill's changing relationship with and views on nuclear weapons. Kevin Ruane explains how Churchill began to see the bomb as a weapon for keeping the peace. The story of Churchill's nuclear obsession and his quest to bring about an 'easement' in East-West tensions is a compelling one wit...

The main premise "The Vietnam Wars" is that Vietnam experienced not one but several over-lapping and often inter-dependent wars. This lively new source book chronicles the history of one of the bloodiest and most controversial conflicts of the twentieth century, beginning with the birth of the Vietnamese communist party in 1930 and ending with the triumph of the Vietnamese revolution in 1975. Through a series of short essays, but most especial...