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MILITARY HISTORY

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Vietnam War

A Topical Exploration and Primary Source Collection

2 VOLUMES | JAMES H. WILLBANKS, EDITOR
The Vietnam War not only claimed the lives of nearly 60,000 Americans and more than
a million Vietnamese, but the prolonged conflict also resulted in a firestorm of protest at
home that shook the foundations of the country and made U.S. citizens question the moral
principles and motivations behind our foreign policy and military actions.
Written in a very accessible style by recognized authorities on the war, Vietnam War: A
Topical Exploration and Primary Source Collection provides students and general readers
with a complete overview of the conflict in Vietnam—a broad topic that remains an ABC-CLIO
important part of the American history and world history curriculum. Using a topical November 2017, 792pp, 7x10
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histories from Vietnam War combatants arranged in cohesive, compelling chapters. eBook: 978-1-4408-5085-1

FEATURES JAMES H. WILLBANKS, PhD, is
• Comprehensively explains how the Vietnam War became one of the United States’ the General of the Army George C.
longest and bloodiest wars and why it served as a society- and culture-changing event, Marshall Chair of Military History at the
U.S. Army Command and General Staff
even for the millions of Americans who were not directly involved in the conflict
College (CGSC), Fort Leavenworth, KS.
• Examines 14 key topics within and surrounding the event of the Vietnam War, ranging
from the First Indochina War to the aftermath of the war for both Vietnam and the
United States

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Opposition to War

An Encyclopedia of U.S. Peace and Antiwar Movements

2 VOLUMES | MITCHELL K. HALL, EDITOR
Opposition to War: An Encyclopedia of U.S. Peace and Antiwar Movements investigates this
historical tradition of resistance to involvement in armed conflict—an especially important
and relevant topic today as the nation has been mired in numerous military conflicts
throughout most of the current century. The book examines a largely misunderstood
and underappreciated minority of Americans who have committed themselves to finding
peaceful resolutions to domestic and international conflicts—individuals who have
proposed and conducted an array of practical and creative methods for peaceful change, ABC-CLIO
from the transformation of individual behavior to the development of international December 2017, 765pp, 7x10
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working alone or organized into societies of various size have steadfastly campaigned to $198.00, £153.00, €180.00
eBook: 978-1-4408-4519-2
stop war, end the arms race, eliminate the underlying causes of war, and defend the civil
liberties of Americans when wartime nationalism most threatens them.
MITCHELL K. HALL, PhD, is professor
FEATURES of history at Central Michigan
University, Mount Pleasant, MI.
• Provides an unrivaled complete description of peacemaking efforts in the United States
that leads readers to consider how future wars might be prevented

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