Coming To Terms: Indochina, The United States, And The War

by Douglas Allen (Editor)

Overview

Despite the plethora of works on the Vietnam War, this is the first book to present an accessible overview from both the Indochinese and antiwar perspectives. The authors trace the prewar history, war years, and postwar experiences of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos before turning to the U.S. experience, where they focus on government policies, the antiwar movement, veterans, and films and literature on Vietnam. Those who experienced the war era will find their memories vividly rekindled; those who wish to learn more about Indochina, the war, and its aftermath will find these issues provocatively discussed and analyzed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367004156
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/07/2019
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Douglas Allen is professor of philosophy at the University of Maine . He is the author of Structure and Creativity in Religion ; Mircea Eliade: An Annotated Bibliography (with Dennis Doeing); Mircea Eliade et le phénomène religieux ; Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War (coedited with Ngo Vinh Long and published by WestviewPress); and Religion and Political Conflict in South Asia . He is also an editor of Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars and has received Fulbright and Smithsonian Institution grants to teach and study in India. Ashok K. Malhotra is professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Oneonta .

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — Indochina and Its Struggle for Independence — Vietnam — Postwar Vietnam: Political Economy — Cambodia — Laos — The United States and the War — The United States and Indochina: Far from an Aberration — The Vietnam Antiwar Movement — Scholars of Asia and the War — U.S. Veterans: The War and the Long Road Home — Films and Scholarly Literature on Vietnam — Framing Vietnam — Rambo's Rewriting of the Vietnam War — Against Cartesianism: Three Generations of Vietnam Scholarship — Chronology