Vietnamization: Politics, Strategy, Legacy by David L. Anderson (English) Hardco

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In the first book-length treatment of Richard Nixon's Vietnamization policy, David L. Anderson explores the political and strategic implications and assesses its continuing, significant impact on American post-Vietnam foreign policy. Vietnamization will demand the attention of all scholars of post-World War II American foreign policy.

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When he took office in 1969, the term that Richard Nixon embraced to describe his plan for ending the American war in Vietnam was "Vietnamization," the process of withdrawing US troops and turning over responsibility for the war to the South Vietnamese government. The concept had far reaching implications, both for understanding Nixon's actions and for shaping U.S. military thinking years after Washington's failure to ensure the survival of its client state in South Vietnam. In this book, Vietnam War expert David L. Anderson explores the political and strategic implications and assesses its continuing, significant impact on American post-Vietnam foreign policy.

Author Biography

David L. Anderson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and Professor of History Emeritus at California State University, Monterey Bay. He is the author of 11 books, including The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War (2002) and The Columbia History of the Vietnam War (2011), both CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles.

Review

An outstanding blend of memoir and historical research from one of the nation's leading scholars on the American war in Vietnam. David Anderson had produced a one-of-a-kind book on Nixon's Vietnamization policy that initiated the withdrawal of US forces from Southeast Asia. It is an immensely insightful read that is both personal and fair, a work that will become indispensable for understanding why and how the United States departed from the longest, most unsatisfactory conflict of the Cold War era. -- Gregory A. Daddis, author of Withdrawal: Reassessing America's Final Years in VietnamBased on recently declassified records, the latest scholarship, and his own experience serving in Vietnam, David Anderson's Vietnamization, is an original and welcome study of President Richard Nixon's Vietnam policy and how the Vietnam War ended. Anderson analysis of Nixon's policy demonstrates that Vietnamization did not work and could not work given the realities of the war. In the process, he successfully rebuts the "revisionists" claims about victory. Moreover, Anderson shows the parallels with Iraq and the misunderstanding of the lessons about counterinsurgency from the Vietnam War. Vietnamization should be read by scholars and students of the Vietnam War, and practitioners of American foreign policy, alike. -- David F. Schmitz, Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History, Whitman CollegeDavid Anderson solidified long ago his renown as one of the best Vietnam War scholars of his generation. This latest book is a testament to his erudition. It sheds revealing new light on a critical aspect of the war on the basis of an impressive array of pertinent sources. It also reminds us that despite the passage of time, the Vietnam War still matters a great deal to American civilian and military decision-makers. -- Pierre Asselin, Dwight E. Stanford Chair in US Foreign Relations, San Diego State University

Long Description

When he took office in 1969, the term that Richard Nixon embraced to describe his plan for ending the American war in Vietnam was "Vietnamization," the process of withdrawing US troops and turning over responsibility for the war to the South Vietnamese government. The concept had far reaching implications, both for understanding Nixon's actions and for shaping U.S. military thinking years after Washington's failure to ensure the survival of its client state in South Vietnam. In this book, Vietnam War expert David L. Anderson explores the political and strategic implications and assesses its continuing, significant impact on American post-Vietnam foreign policy.

Review Quote

An outstanding blend of memoir and historical research from one of the nation's leading scholars on the American war in Vietnam. David Anderson had produced a one-of-a-kind book on Nixon's Vietnamization policy that initiated the withdrawal of US forces from Southeast Asia. It is an immensely insightful read that is both personal and fair, a work that will become indispensable for understanding why and how the United States departed from the longest, most unsatisfactory conflict of the Cold War era.

Feature

11/12/20: Library Journal included book in roundup, "Academic Best Sellers in Asian History, November 2020." Link:

Details ISBN1538129361 Author David L. Anderson Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Series Vietnam: America in the War Years ISBN-10 1538129361 ISBN-13 9781538129364 Format Hardcover Subtitle Politics, Strategy, Legacy Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Imprint Rowman & Littlefield DEWEY 327.730597 Pages 192 Year 2019 Short Title Vietnamization Language English Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs NZ Release Date 2019-10-31 UK Release Date 2019-10-31 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-10-14 Publication Date 2019-10-03 US Release Date 2019-10-03 We've got this

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