J. Edward Lee

The First Mistake

America In Vietnam, 1945-1954

Buch

When writing about the Vietnam War, most scholars focus on the 1960s. But in this hard-hitting analysis, eminent historian Dr. J. Edward Lee focuses instead on the key period of 1945 to 1954, the first decade of America's Vietnam War experience. He suggests that as the Cold War commenced in 1945, America failed to remember our nation's own revolutionary experience and the importance of independence and self-determination, missing an opportunity to build a positive relationship with Ho Chi Minh when we aided the return of French colonialism instead of working with him to achieve his country's independence from imperialist France. A must-read f… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-64990-316-7
EAN: 9781649903167
Produktnummer: 35412957
Verlag: Palmetto Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 100 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.1 cm 380 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 380

Über den Autor

A former president of the South Carolina Historical Association, Dr. J. Edward Lee is a professor of history at Winthrop University. During his thirty-year tenure in university classrooms, he won several awards for innovative teaching, especially in the area of distance learning. He regularly lectures on a wide variety of historical topics, ranging from the American presidency to foreign policy to local history. He has been a media commentator for NBC News, CNN, and NPR. In 2015, he received the State Historic Preservation Award from Governor Nikki Haley for his successful efforts to save the York County Courthouse. From 2002-2020, he was mayor of his hometown of York, South Carolina. Dr. Lee is the author of fifteen other books, including two more on the Vietnam War.