Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War by Harry G. Summers (1995, Hardcover)
L
LeeBeeBooks (65)
90.1% positive Feedback
Price:
US $51.97
Approximately£38.43
+ $25.81 postage
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
This comprehensive atlas covers all aspects of the controversial war, providing in-depth historical background, charting the social and economic aspects of the war, and examining Vietnamese military and political strategy.
- Buy it nowHistorical Atlas of the Vietnam War
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100395722233
ISBN-139780395722237
eBay Product ID (ePID)157495
Product Key Features
Book TitleHistorical Atlas of the Vietnam War
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Vietnam War, World / Asian
Publication Year1995
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorHarry G. Summers
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight37.5 Oz
Item Length11.3 in
Item Width8.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-022200
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal959.704/34/0223
Edition DescriptionTeacher's edition
SynopsisWith more than one hundred four-color maps supplemented by photographs and reconstructions, the Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War provides the first major visualization of that war as well as a penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the conflict based on both U.S. and Vietnamese postwar accounts. The atlas begins with an overview of the foundations of the Vietnamese nation-state, including its almost two-thousand-year struggle to break free from Chinese domination and its century-long fight to gain its independence from French colonial rule, and sets the 1954 partition of the country and the subsequent American involvement there in their cold war context. U.S. involvement is examined in depth to provide an understanding of why America intervened and why, despite its battlefield successes, it ultimately failed to obtain its political objective: a free and independent South Vietnam. Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr., examines the many anomalies of the war, including why the United States bought the Communist propaganda line that relations between China and Vietnam were as "the lips to the teeth," when Vietnam actually felt betrayed by its Chinese "ally." Unlike most U.S. writings on the war, which end with the 1968 Tet Offensive - a failing analogous to ending the study of World War II with Stalingrad or Guadalcanal - Summers' essay draws on North Vietnamese sources to explode the notion that the war was an indigenous South Vietnamese uprising. He details the destruction of the Viet Cong guerrillas in the Tet Offensive and tells how the war was primarily a conventional one waged by the regular armed forces of North Vietnam during the last seven years. The atlas examines the curious effect of the U.S. antiwar movement, the "Vietnamization" of the war, the Americans' cynical abandonment of their Asian ally, and the final North Vietnamese multi-division blitzkrieg that led to the fall of Saigon in 1975, as well as Robert McNamara's self-serving apologia that the war was militarily unwinnable from the onset. Given the strong emotion involved, many of the Vietname generation may continue to be wedded to their prejudices. But it has been said that those who came of age after the war know there is a skeleton in the family closet and now want to be let in on the secret. An examination of the forensic evidence, the Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War is the closest we have yet come to a thorough autopsy of that debacle., With more than one hundred four-color maps supplemented by photographs and reconstructions, the Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War provides the first major visualization of that war as well as a penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the conflict based on both U.S. and Vietnamese postwar accounts. The atlas begins with an overview of the foundations of the Vietnamese nation-state, including its almost two-thousand-year struggle to break free from Chinese domination and its century-longfight to gain its independence from French colonial rule, and sets the 1954 partition of the country and the subsequent American involvement there in their cold war context. U.S. involvement is examined in depth to provide an understanding of why America intervened and why, despite its battlefield successes, it ultimately failed to obtain its political objective: a free and independent South Vietnam. Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr., examines the many anomalies of the war, including why the UnitedStates bought the Communist propaganda line that relations between China and Vietnam were as "the lips to the teeth," when Vietnam actually felt betrayed by its Chinese "ally." Unlike most U.S. writings on the war, which end with the 1968 Tet Offensive - a failing analogous to ending the study of World War II with Stalingrad or Guadalcanal - Summers' essay draws on North Vietnamese sources to explode the notion that the war was an indigenous South Vietnamese uprising. He details the destructionof the Viet Cong guerrillas in the Tet Offensive and tells how the war was primarily a conventional one waged by the regular armed forces of North Vietnam during the last seven years. The atlas examines the curious effect of the U.S. antiwar movement, the "Vietnamization" of the war, the Americans' cynical abandonment of their Asian ally, and the final North Vietnamese multi-division blitzkrieg that led to the fall of Saigon in 1975, as well as Robert McNamara's self-serving apologia that the war was militarily unwinnable from the onset. Given the strong emotion involved, many of the Vietname generation may continue to be wedded to their prejudices. But it has been said that those who came of age after the war know there is a skeleton in the family closet and now want to be let in on the secret. An examination of the forensic evidence, the Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War is the closest we have yet come to a thorough autopsy of that debacle.
LC Classification NumberDS557.7.S93 1995
All listings for this product
Ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 07 Aug, 2019
Amazing Atlas of Vietnam Conflict
Setup in chronological order, each left hand page sets out the operation and each right hand page is a different map. Each operation has a quote and usually 1-2 pictures. There are also a few overview sections examining different aspects of the war (military, history, politics). The atlas covers a timeline well before and after American involvement and could be more properly titled an Historical Atlas of the Indochina Wars. This atlas puts the different stages and operations of the war in context and on the map. Great.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 Sep, 2024
beautiful and accurate book in excellent...
beautiful and accurate book in excellent condition!!! Looks brand new. My husband loved it. He was impressed in the mint condition that it was inVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Apr, 2020
EDUCATIONAL
GOOD READVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
