Vietnam and America: A Documented HistoryMarvin E. Gettleman Grove Press, 1995 - 560 pagine No single event since World War II has marked this country s foreign policy and national image as deeply as did the war in Vietnam. Vietnam and America is a complete history of the war, as documented in essays by leading experts and in original source material. With generous selections from the documentary records, the book dispels distortions and illuminates in depth the many facets of the war, from Vietnam s history before the war, to Washington s insider policy making, to troop perspectives, to the impact back on the home front. In essays introducing each major stage of the war, the editors elucidate the issues, foreign policy choices, and consequences of U.S. involvement. Substantial headnotes put each document in historical perspective. This comprehensive anthology is an invaluable reference for anyone who wants to understand the Vietnam War." |
Sommario
Editors Introduction | 3 |
1 Vietnams Revolutionary Tradition | 4 |
2 First Appeal to the United States June 18 1919 | 18 |
3 The Path Which Led Me to Leninism 1960 | 20 |
4 Founding of the DocLap Dong Minh Hoi June 1941 | 22 |
5 Imperial Abdication August 1945 | 24 |
6 Vietnam Declaration of Independence September 2 1945 | 26 |
The War with France | 29 |
The US Government White Paper of 1965 | 255 |
36 Refutation of the White Paper | 268 |
Report to the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 1965 | 274 |
38 Negotiations? Hanois Four Points April 8 1965 and Washingtons Fourteen Points January 7 1966 | 276 |
39 US Crisis Managers Choose from Among Diminishing Options 1965 | 279 |
The Movement Against the War | 293 |
Editors Introduction | 295 |
40 We Wont Go | 301 |
Editors Introduction | 31 |
Origins of US Involvement | 32 |
Two State Department Views April 1945 | 41 |
Cable to President Harry S Truman October 17 1945 | 46 |
10 FrancoVietnamese Agreement on the Independence of Vietnam March 1946 | 47 |
The State Department Decision May 1950 | 49 |
Two American Views 1954 | 50 |
Dien Bien Phu 1954 | 53 |
GenevaThe Peace Subverted | 63 |
Editors Introduction | 65 |
14 The Geneva CeaseFire July 20 1954 | 66 |
15 Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference July 21 1954 | 74 |
16 Close of the Geneva Conference July 21 1954 | 76 |
Tactics After Geneva | 81 |
18 Heroin and Politics in Saigon | 97 |
19 Elections and Reunification Denied 1955 | 103 |
20 Vietnams Democratic OneMan Rule | 105 |
US Endorsement with Conditions of Ngo Dinh Diem 1954 | 113 |
22 Genesis of US Support for the Regime of Ngo Dinh Diem | 115 |
The Revolution Against Diem | 131 |
Editors Introduction | 133 |
23 Behind the Miracle of South Vietnam | 135 |
Law 1059 | 156 |
American Commitment to South Vietnam 1961 | 161 |
Origin of the National Liberation Front in Ben Tre | 165 |
27 Founding Program of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam | 188 |
28 The Political and Military Line of Our Party | 193 |
PolicyPlanning for Counterinsurgency 1962 | 201 |
19611964 | 205 |
The View from Washington | 216 |
The US Embassy in Saigon Orchestrates a Coup dEtat 1963 | 225 |
The Americanization of the War | 237 |
Editors Introduction | 239 |
33 The Blueprint for an Americanized War 19631964 | 241 |
34 The Gulf of Tonkin Incidents and Resolution 1964 | 248 |
41 Freedom Draft Card | 302 |
Afterthoughts on a NapalmDrop on Jungle Villages near Haiphong and Truth Blazes Even in Little Childrens Hearts | 303 |
43 Declaration of Conscience Against the War in Vietnam 1965 | 305 |
44 We RefuseOctober 16 1967 | 306 |
45 A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority 1967 | 308 |
46 Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam April 1967 | 310 |
47 Deserters Manifesto 1968 | 319 |
48 Constraints of the Negro Civil Rights Movement on American Military Effectiveness 1970 | 321 |
49 The Collapse of the Armed Forces 1971 | 326 |
The Decisive Year 1968 | 337 |
Editors Introduction | 339 |
50 The Year of Decision1968 | 342 |
51 Remembering the Tet Offensive | 359 |
52 The Aftermath of Tet | 378 |
Address to the Nation March 31 1968 | 401 |
54 What Happened at My Lai? | 410 |
Nixons War and the Aftermath | 425 |
Editors Introduction | 427 |
The NLFs Ten Points May 8 and Nixons Eight Points May 14 | 430 |
56 Vietnamization November 3 1969 | 434 |
57 Explaining the Secret War in Laos March 6 1970 | 445 |
58 Rationale for the Invasion of Cambodia April 30 1970 | 451 |
Testimony to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee April 22 1971 | 455 |
60 The Ecological Impact of the Air War | 462 |
The Paris Peace Accords January 27 1973 | 471 |
Letter to DRV Prime Minister Pham Van Dong February 1 1973 | 487 |
63 War Powers Resolution 1973 | 489 |
An Account of the Liberation of South Vietnam 1975 | 495 |
65 The Last Chapter? | 500 |
The Vietnam War in American Memory | 515 |
Appendices | 523 |
B Glossary | 533 |
C Select Bibliography | 539 |
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