The Vietnam war in context by Scarboro, Dale, author instant download

The Vietnam war in context by Scarboro, Dale, author instant download

1 online resource, Enquiring History is the Schools History Project's newest textbook series for Advanced Level History. This series tries to do things differently. Rather than being a guide to a particular examination course Enquiring History aims first and foremost to get readers excited about the history and thinking deeply about it. Whatever specification readers are following these books will be useful because they start with the history and the scholarship and the issues, and use them to build deeper and more precise understanding of the subject. This series aim to get readers thinking about the issues and, Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 11, 2018), Includes bibliographical references and index, Cover; Book title; Contents; Introduction; 1 The USA in Southeast Asia: The essentials; Insight: America, communism and the Cold War: The context for the Vietnam War; Insight: Ho Chi Minh; Section 1: The Vietnam War; 2 Did the USA defeat itself in the Vietnam War?; Insight: Counterfactual history and the Vietnam War; Insight: Reading the Vietnam War; 3 What impact did the Vietnam War have on America?; Insight: Were these the photographs that lost the war?; Insight: Popular music and the Vietnam War; 4 Why did the USA get involved in the Vietnam War?, Insight: Did the American Government lie about Vietnam?Insight: Counterfactual history; 5 Why did it take so long for the USA to get out of Vietnam?; 6 How is the Vietnam War remembered?; Insight: Vietnam War films; Section 2: Before Vietnam -- The USA in Asia after 1945; Introduction to Chapters 7 and 8; 7 Why did the USA believe the communists were responsible for spreading the Cold War to Asia, 1945-51?; 8 Was the Korean War 'a rehearsal for Vietnam'?; Conclusion; 9 The time tunnel; Index