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Through the lenses of history this important new book probes the events in Southeast Asia in the 30 years after 1945. The contributors reflect on and discuss various aspects of the Vietnam conflicts and clear away many of the misconceptions and myths which still surround the wars.

Table of Contents

Introduction by B.J.C. McKercher and E.J. Errington The Vietnam Analogy and the "Lessons" of History by George C. Herring The First Vietnam War: Aftershocks in the East by Peter M. Dunn The 1954 Geneva Conference: After a Decent Interval by James Cable The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam by George McT. Kahin Laos: The Escalation of a Secret War by Sandra Taylor Intelligence and the TEt Offensive: The South Vietnamese View of the Threat by Tom L. Cubbage III Battles at Home and Abroad: The Influence of Lyndon Johnson's Press Relations on the War in Vietnam by Kathleen J. Turner Canada, Peacemaking and the Vietnam War: Where Did Ottawa Go Wrong? by Douglas A. Ross The Last Years of the War: A Personal View by Harry G. Summers, Jr. Afterword: Vietnam the Never Ending War by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

ELIZABETH JANE ERRINGTON is an American historian, teaching American foreign policy at the Royal Military College of Canada.

B.J.C. McKERCHER is an international and diplomatic historian in Anglo-American Relations who teaches at the Royal Military College of Canada.