Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal

by Howard Zinn

Overview

Zinn's compelling case against the Vietnam War, now with a new introduction. Of the many books that challenged the Vietnam War, Howard Zinn's stands out as one of the best—and most influential. It helped sparked national debate on the war. It includes a powerful speech written by Zinn that President Johnson should have given to lay out the case for ending the war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781456610852
Publisher:	eBookIt.com
Publication date:	02/21/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	131
File size:	211 KB

About the Author

Howard Zinn: Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was a historian, playwright, and activist. He wrote the classic A People's History of the United States, “a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories.”

Table of Contents

	Preface to the South End Press Edition	ix
1.	A Matter of Perspective	1
2.	The View from Afar: Japan	9
3.	A View from Within: The Negro	19
4.	The View from History: What Nation Can Be Trusted?	28
5.	The United States and Saigon: Reform or Revolution?	37
6.	Violence: The Moral Equation	51
7.	A Double Deception: The Problem of Aggression	67
8.	Munich, Dominos, and Containment	83
9.	Withdrawal	105
10.	A Speech for LBJ	120
	Index	126