A Review and Evaluation of Recent Scholarship on America’s War in Vietnam

David Jervis

doi:10.18778/8220-183-3

This review examines three recently-published books about the Vietnam War: Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Boot, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, and Brian VanDeMark, Road to Disaster: A New H

David Jervis

Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Publikacja:

New Dynamics in Asia

Serie: Contemporary Asian Studies Series

Strony: 13-25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-183-3.02

Słowa kluczowe: China’s Rising Influence in the World, Changes in Asian Countries, Asia, Japanese Democracy

Opublikowane: 30 grudnia 2020

Kategorie: Politologia i stosunki międzynarodowe , Otwarty dostęp

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This review examines three recently-published books about the Vietnam War: Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Boot, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, and Brian VanDeMark, Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam. As indicated by the books’ titles, they all depict the war as a “tragedy,” “a disaster,” etc. The review will detail their explanations for the Vietnam tragedy and evaluate the alternatives they suggest.