Gender and the Sectional Conflict. By Nina Silber. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-8078-3244-8. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 117. $24.95.
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The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis. By Mark Atwood Lawrence and Fredrik Logevall (eds). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. ISBN: 0-674-02392-7. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 384. $27.00.
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Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950. By Mark Philip Bradley. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0-8078-4861-6. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 320. $26.00.
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Theodore Roosevelt’s Caribbean: The Panama Canal, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Latin American Context. By Richard H. Collin. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. ISBN: 0-8071-1507-X. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 520. $33.50.
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Last week I attended my first Society for Military History (SMH) conference. For me, panels on the Vietnam War and counterinsurgency made me rethink my understanding and mental approach to my future dissertation topic. In particular, the wrong questions about the Vietnam War are being asked. Rather than arguing over whether the war was necessary or a grave mistake, historians need to move on. Questions pertaining to how the war was, and is, interpreted by the participating nations are in need of answers. For example, Thailand’s elites view the Vietnam War as a great military and economic victory. Thus scholars need to explain the varying interpretations of the conflict. In relation to my interest in American-Australian military relations during the Vietnam War-era, I now have a better idea of how to address the deep scholarship on Australia while avoiding outdated questions. Consequently, many more books have been added to my reading list.
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Synopsis
The purpose of Thompson Werk is to present the musings of a US War and Society doctoral student. Discussion topics principally center around the World Wars and Vietnam.
The opinions expressed on this site are not be confused with those of my colleagues, employers, friends, family, and/or anyone else associated with me.
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- Robert: Everyone needs to see Vietnam,
- Ross Mahoney: Sounds like it is another
- Robert: My original post omitted the
- Robert: Hey Ross, Vietnam is a
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