Triumph Revisited

Zusatztext "[T]he book provides! in a relatively brief format! an excellent introduction to! and overview of! the major controversies and conflicts in the historiography of the early years of the Vietnam War ... Recommended" - Choice"In Triumph Revisited! Wiest and Doidge have collected Moyar's critics (and there are many) to explain why the standard explanations for the United States' failure in Vietnam-its exaggerated Cold War fears! its hopeless client! and its incoherent strategy-remain compelling. Moyar is allowed a spirited defense. The collection demonstrates the importance of debate as a way of illuminating important issues and questioning established positions." - Foreign Affairs Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Collects critiques of Triumph Forsaken and catalogues arguments about how the war should be remembered, how history may be reconstructed, and by whom. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

"[T]he book provides, in a relatively brief format, an excellent introduction to, and overview of, the major controversies and conflicts in the historiography of the early years of the Vietnam War ... Recommended" Choice "In Triumph Revisited, Wiest and Doidge have collected Moyar's critics (and there are many) to explain why the standard explanations for the United States' failure in Vietnam-its exaggerated Cold War fears, its hopeless client, and its incoherent strategy-remain compelling. Moyar is allowed a spirited defense. The collection demonstrates the importance of debate as a way of illuminating important issues and questioning established positions." Foreign Affairs

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
Collects critiques of Triumph Forsaken and catalogues arguments about how the war should be remembered, how history may be reconstructed, and by whom.

Inhalt
Foreword by Dennis ShowalterIntroduction: Historians and the Vietnam War by Andrew WiestSection 1. The Vietnam War in an Asian PerspectiveSection 2. Debating Triumph Forsaken as HistorySection 3. Orthodoxy and RevisionismConclusion by Michael DoidgeIndex

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