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08395cam a2200421 a 4500 |
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45311603 |
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OCoLC |
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20190729114213.0 |
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010824s2000 inua bi 001 0 eng d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2001273638 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0028639499 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780028639499 |
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(OCoLC)45311603 |
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(OCoLC)45313850 |
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(OCoLC)59582019 |
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(OCoLC)63082943 |
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(OCoLC)631814984 |
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| Original cataloging agency |
MSA |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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MSA |
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lccopycat |
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| Classification number |
DS557.7 |
| Item number |
.M334 2000 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
DS557.7 |
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.M334 2000 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Maga, Timothy P., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1952- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15087 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The complete idiot's guide to the Vietnam War / |
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by Timothy P. Maga |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Vietnam War |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Indianapolis, IN : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Alpha Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2000 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xviii, 338 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references ([319]-320) and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Part 1: The Not-So-Good War -- 1. Discovering Vietnam -- Why Vietnam? -- Saigon is not a Detroit suburb -- A short history of French rule -- The first Cold War -- Parlez-vous Francais? -- Vietnam for the Vietnamese -- Just shoot me -- 2. Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh -- A George Washington for Vietnam -- The influence of Phan Boi Chau -- A legend begins -- Nationalism, Communism, opportunism -- The real Ho Chi Minh -- Ho and Lenin -- The RYL -- Ho's Hong Kong honeymoon and Hoover's depression -- The Hong Kong platform -- The American home front -- The arrest of a radical -- Franklin Roosevelt -- a Ho Chi Minh for America? -- As the world turns -- 3. Uncle Ho meets Uncle Sam -- Ho gets charisma -- Let's dance! Ho Chi Minh and Franklin Roosevelt -- The beginning of a beautiful friendship? -- Free Vietnam! -- Eleanor does Vietnam? -- Ho meets Harry -- 4. Thirty Years War, Act One -- Harry, Goofy, and Dewey -- Truman and Chiang -- Report from Vietnam -- Gone with the wind and Brother Charles -- France fights the last war -- The French offensive -- An appeal to America -- 5. Destiny at Dienbienphu -- Why dominoes are scary -- Ferreting out the Red menace -- Un-American affairs -- "The forgotten war" not forgotten -- Foolish Frenchmen -- Dienbienphu -- France folds -- This is the end |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Part 2: How to make a quagmire -- 6. Thirty Years War, Act Two -- The Bao Dai boogie -- The Geneva Conference -- Enter Bao Dai -- The violence continues -- Our man Diem -- Lightning Joe and Colonel Ed -- A new, sexy profile -- 7. Kings of corruption -- Don't you trust them Commies! -- All in the family -- The Can Lao -- The new South Vietnam -- Ho the terrorist -- SEATO -- Why Americans are "ugly" -- The quiet American -- The good America -- Where are ye, Ho? -- 8. The military-industrial complex -- Won't you play with me? -- Getting it together in South Vietnam -- Spontaneous uprisings -- NLF reforms -- Laos and Vietnam -- Phouma, Phoui, and Phoumi -- The Commies creep closer -- A statesman to the rescue? -- 9. Enter the New Frontier -- Can't you see that big red "S" under my shirt? -- Kennedy's presidential bid -- Kennedy's can-do team -- Getting the job done -- Where is "Layous?" -- Who will rid me of this troublesome man? -- Diem's weaknesses -- Losing Diem -- 10. The American lake -- Johnson's inheritance -- So you want to be a millionaire? -- Dollars and sense -- The new Pacific community -- Please speak Japanese, if you please -- Brother Bobby and Vietnam -- Brother Teddy and Vietnam -- The copy machine breaks down -- 11. The other Vietnam? -- Down with Sukarno -- Sukarno and the Dutch -- "Guilded democracy" -- The West Irian problem -- American charisma meets Indonesian charisma -- Stumbling blocks to peace -- The Pope case -- Vietnam War or Indonesia War? -- A war in Vietnam IS good enough for me |
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Part 3: Escalation -- 12. Holding the beachhead -- Legend sounds better than act -- Myths and reality -- Complexity and contradiction -- Ho gets ready -- America tries to get ready -- Murmurs in the Pacific -- Johnson visits the Pacific -- Vacation in Vietnam -- War can ruin a good night's sleep -- 13. All the way with LBJ -- America goes to the dogs? -- LBJ, Texas populist -- Texas politics -- Johnson's rising star -- Beating Kennedys -- The wicked truth -- Throwing out the leftovers -- Westmoreland to the rescue -- ARVN on the ropes -- Uncle Lyndon, your good buddy -- 14. Thirty Years War, Act Three -- World War II commitment? -- Controversy in the Tonkin Gulf -- The "facts" -- Stepping carefully -- The Tonkin Gulf Resolution -- "Grandma's nightshirt" -- The two dissenters -- Mr. Right meets Landslide Lyndon -- 15. Death in Pleiku -- Big Minh and the wrath of Khanh -- A doubting Nelson -- Terror at the Brinks Hotel -- Pleiku, my old country home -- Pleiku is Vietnamese for Alamo -- The White House strikes back -- Springtime in Vietnam -- 16. March to victory? -- Guns and butter -- The early opposition speaks -- Westmoreland asks for more -- High tech vs. low tech -- Who should we bomb today? -- What's happened to the bad guys? -- 17. The young Turks and the search for victory -- Ky is the key? -- "Many flags" -- Like a ROK -- What are friends for? -- Victory under the palms -- The Dominican Republic invasion -- A hint of things to come? |
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Part 4: No light in the tunnel -- 18. Question authority -- Those good old days -- As American as apple pie -- Tom Hayden -- Of Weathermen and Hippies -- Fulbright vs. Johnson -- Endless war -- 19. The art of lying -- Hubert's "Great adventure" -- The government has two faces -- Westmoreland on Capitol Hill -- A national election -- Winning and losing at the same time -- "On the run" -- Seesaw campaigns -- Victory nears? -- 20. The Tet offensive -- The big "showdown" -- America is surprised -- The horror show -- Turning points -- Landslide Lyndon retires -- 21. The battling Democrats and Campaign '68 -- Getting "clean for Gene" -- The rise of McCarthy -- New Hampshire speaks -- Rough road ahead -- What about George? -- Good Bobby, evil Hubert, and a November defeat -- 22. Thirty Years War, the final act -- You can trust "Tricky Dicky" -- Henry the K. and Vietnamization -- Henry Kissinger -- Vietnamization -- The protesters vs. the Great Silent Majority -- "Vietnamization" in action -- Hamburger Hill -- Publicizing Vietnamization -- A legend is born -- 23. Cambodia -- Things keep falling apart -- Spiro Agnew -- The My Lai Debate -- Flash dance in Cambodia -- "Patton" blunders -- The Kent State tragedy -- A warning shot from Congress -- 24. Watergate -- Laos and the uneasy calm -- Daniel Ellsberg feels your pain -- I'm the president, and you're not -- From Quang Tri to Watergate -- McGovern -- "Tricky Dicky" takes a hike |
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Part 5: Defeat and renewal -- 25. Coming home -- Let's go to China -- Let's go to Paris -- Christmas bombs bring a New Year's peace -- The "decent interview" begins -- A Ford, not a Lincoln -- 26. The fall of Saigon -- Final days -- Chaos rules -- Thieu's suspicions -- You storm, I'll drizzle -- The War Powers Act -- Bad days for Henry -- Don't forget the flag -- 27. Hollywood goes to Vietnam -- The taboo topic -- Trailblazing movies and TV -- A few good superheroes -- Magnum, P.I. -- Norris and Stallone -- Francis and Oliver go to Vietnam -- 28. The road to normalization -- What Vietnam? -- Jimmy Carter looks for a policy -- Ronald Reagan sees an "Evil Empire" -- Bill Clinton wants to build an embassy -- Welcome back to Vietnam -- Pete Peterson, POW -- Future tense -- Appendixes: -- A. Casualty figures for the Vietnam war -- B. Jarhead Jargon glossary -- C. Recommended reading |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Chronicles the Vietnam War, discussing its causes, the goals and strategies of each American president involved, the U.S. home front and antiwar movement, and the war's cultural and political legacy |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
| Form subdivision |
Chronology |
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15088 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
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11231 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15003 |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2001273638-t.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2001273638-t.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
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<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2001273638-b.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2001273638-b.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Publisher description |
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<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2001273638-d.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2001273638-d.html</a> |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Book |
