Dimensions
156 x 233 x 50mm
Vietnam, the US and the Modern Historical Experience.
A grand synthesis of the revolutionary struggle and war in Vietnam, the most controversial political event in recent American history. In one of the most comprehensive accounts of the Vietnam war ever written, Gabriel Kolko balances the three sides in the protracted struggle: the Communist Party, the Republic of Vietnam and the united States, and explores the underlying political and social structures that determined significant elements of the war - social structures that the US government chose to ignore.
By focussing on the military, economic and political forces that operated both in Vietnam and in the united States, Kolko fives coherence to four decades of countless events and provides a causal explanation of the Vietnam war.
An essential book for anyone wanting to understand the Vietnam War and the role of the United States in the world today.
