The American Experience in Vietnam: A ReaderGrace Sevy University of Oklahoma Press, 01.07.1991 - 334 Seiten The Vietnam War triggered a profound transformation in American political consciousness. It shattered confidence in American moral superiority and American military omnipotence. How did this disaster befall a nation that had recently emerged from a great world war, not only victorious but the undisputed moral leader of the world? The American Experience in Vietnam provides in-depth analyses that clarify the historical phenomena of the Vietnam era from various perspectives. The articles and excerpts in this collection were selected to give readers a real sense of how it felt to live through the agonizing and tumultuous Vietnam years. It is geared to stimulate thorough, thoughtful discussion of the American disaster in Vietnam, so that readers can begin to deal with the tragic consequences of D.S. intervention and avoid future Vietnams. Dr. Sevy contends that Americans concerned about protecting the national security must be more informed about the facts of American foreign policy and be more active in influencing the decisions of elected representatives. To do so, we need to educate ourselves about current world events and to view them in the light of our historical experience. Young students, who know almost nothing about the war, and older Americans, who lived through the war but are still confused by the controversy surrounding it, will find this book useful as a basis for understanding the complex social, political, and moral crises that traumatized the American body politic for more than a decade. |
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Crisis Commitment and Counterrevolution 19451952 | 17 |
Whose Immorality? Why We Were in Vietnam | 34 |
The Military in Vietnam | 51 |
What the Vietnam Vets Can Teach Us The Nation | 75 |
How Different Is the Military Today because of | 99 |
Reflections of a Foreign | 138 |
An Extreme Case Big Story by Peter Braestrup | 153 |
What We Won and Lost at Home | 183 |
The Political Essays | 204 |
Why Protest? Address to Clergy and Laymen Concerned | 224 |
Coming to Terms | 239 |
Is American Guilt Justified? The Center Magazine July | 257 |
On the Consequences of Vietnam Harpers April 1985 | 277 |
The Vietnam | 300 |