Triumph Revisited Historians Battle for the Vietnam War
Coordonnateurs : Wiest Andrew, Doidge Michael
More than thirty years later, the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most controversial events in the history of the United States, and historians have so far failed to come up with a definitive narrative of the wartime experience. With competing viewpoints already in play, Mark Moyar?s recent revisionist approach in Triumph Forsaken has created heated debate over who "owns" the history of America?s war in Vietnam.
Triumph Revisited: Historians Battle for the Vietnam War collects critiques of Triumph Forsaken from both sides of this debate, written by an array of Vietnam scholars, cataloguing arguments about how the war should be remembered, how history may be reconstructed, and by whom. A lively introduction and conclusion by editors Andrew Wiest and Michael Doidge provide context and balance to the essays, as well as Moyar?s responses, giving students and scholars of the Vietnam era a glimpse into how history is constructed and reconstructed.
Foreword by Dennis Showalter
Introduction: Historians and the Vietnam War by Andrew Wiest
Section 1. The Vietnam War in an Asian Perspective
Section 2. Debating Triumph Forsaken as History
Section 3. Orthodoxy and Revisionism
Conclusion by Michael Doidge
Index
Andrew Wiest is Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is the author of Vietnam’s Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN and co-editor of America and the Vietnam War: Re-examining the Culture and History of a Generation (Routledge).
Michael J. Doidge is a doctoral candidate in History at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is currently writing his dissertation, An Army Worth Fighting For: Doctrinal, Strategic, and Bureaucratic Transformation in the U.S. Army from 1946-1964.
Date de parution : 05-2010
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 05-2010
15.2x22.9 cm
Thème de Triumph Revisited :
Mots-clés :
Hau Nghia; Hau Nghia Province; CIA Document; Demarcation Line; Yale University Southeast Asia Studies; Mao Zedong; Counter-Insurgent Operations; Vietnamese Archives; South Vietnamese; ARVN; South Vietnamese Army; Hoang Van Hoan; Young Man; Cold War International History Project; Strategic Hamlet Program; United States Navy; Invaded North Vietnam; Ap Bac; Diem's Land Reform; Qiang Zhai; Qui Nhon; Zhou Enlai; Michigan State University; Vietnam War; Mark Moyar