America In VietnamWilliam Appleman Williams W. W. Norton & Company, 1989 - 345 頁 This collection of essays and documents, written and compiled by four distinguished historians, is an essential source book for anyone seeking to understand the causes, character, and consequences of American involvement in Vietnam. Through a wide variety of documents—including newly opened presidential papers, congressional debates, military reports, treaties, and newspaper articles—the authors trace the origins of the war back to pre–World War II attitudes and then proceed through the development of the "domino theory" and the policies of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon to the fall of South Vietnam in 1975. Each of the editors has written an introductory essay to place the documents in heir historical context. These essays explore the controversial questions raised by Vietnam—such as whether each president understood what he was getting into, whether (as some now charge) the media and public opinion undermined America's ability to win the war, whether official statements were intended to mislead the American people, and, most fundamentally, why America was in Vietnam. |
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U S Destiny | 12 |
The Open Door Policy | 20 |
Dream | 28 |
Reestablishing the French | 38 |
Japans Views on Southeast Asia | 84 |
Sticking with | 90 |
An Amazing Dinner Conversation | 97 |
State Departments Initial Position on Southeast | 104 |
Vietnams Example | 185 |
Ike Changes His Will | 186 |
Cuba and Vietnam | 189 |
Lyndon Johnsons Report | 191 |
The Edge of Commitment | 194 |
Two Interviews | 198 |
First Yes Then NoThen Maybe | 201 |
Diems Elimination | 205 |
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Articulate American | 111 |
CIA Memo Analyzing Chinese Intentions | 119 |
DOMINOES DIEM AND DEATH 19521963 | 129 |
Eisenhowers Appeal to a War Comrade | 153 |
Counting the Dominoes | 156 |
Seeking Commitments | 157 |
Disappointment at Geneva | 159 |
A Gloomy Report | 161 |
The Election Issue | 163 |
Walking Softly | 165 |
Answering Critics | 166 |
Geneva Declarations | 168 |
The American Caveat | 170 |
Dulles Explains the Purposes | 172 |
The SEATO Treaty | 174 |
A Slight Upgrade | 178 |
SEATO in Operation | 180 |
Showdown in Paris | 182 |
Coda | 207 |
The Other Side | 208 |
Johnsons Dilemma in Early 1964 | 234 |
The Tonkin Gulf Debate and Resolution | 236 |
The Fatal Contradictions of U S Policy | 239 |
The Johns Hopkins | 242 |
The Debates of July 1965 | 248 |
Presidents Johnson and Ho Exchange Views | 259 |
President Johnsons San Antonio Formula | 265 |
President Johnsons Televised Speech of March | 273 |
Nixon Appeals to the Silent Majority | 280 |
The War at Home | 287 |
The Costs of the Vietnam War | 300 |
A Debate over Helping South Vietnam 1974 | 309 |
A Summing Up | 315 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 325 |
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