| Descript |
xvi, 440 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
On the business of lesson. -- Legitimacy, insurgency and the international context of the Vietnam war. -- Analytical framewowrk of legitimacy, insurgency and intervention. -- Historical setting: The earthly struggle for heaven's mandate. -- Framework analysis: The war without a lesson? -- China, 1920-1949: The long march to liberation. -- Greece, 1941-1949: Three rounds to Albania. -- The philippines, 1946-1956: Liberation deflected. -- Malaya, 1948-1960: The unmaking of an insurgency. -- Cambodia's "Autogenocide" and the disappearance of Laos, 1949-1975. -- Findings from the Prism and an application: Sendero Luminoso of Peru. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-414) and index |
| Note |
retain CNY-SPA 20140101 10 yrs colgu |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States |
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Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975 |
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Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- |
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Insurgency -- Southeast Asia |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1963-1969 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
0807822736 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0807845779 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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