Mark Moyar Triumph Forsaken (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Triumph ForsakenCondition: NewSubtitle: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965EAN: 9780521869119ISBN: 9780521869119Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 08/28/2006Description: Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken, first published in 2007, overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an infusion the only means of saving the country.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 240mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 39mmItem Weight: 930gAuthor: Mark MoyarGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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