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In Beyond the Quagmire, thirteen scholars from across disciplines provide a series of provocative, important, and timely essays on the politics, combatants, and memory of the Vietnam War. The essays pose new questions, offer new answers, and establish important lines of debate regarding social, political, military, and memory studies. Part 1 contains four chapters by scholars who explore the politics of war in the Vietnam era. In Part 2, five contributors offer chapters on Vietnam combatants with analyses of race, gender, environment, and Chinese intervention. Part 3 provides four innovative and timely essays on Vietnam in history and memory.

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This will be a valuable and significant addition to the historiography of the war. - James Willbanks, author of Abandoning Vietnam and The Tet Offensive

The list of authors is very strong, the research is well documented, and the topics addressed are timely. This will be a valuable and significant addition to the historiography of the war. --James Willbanks, author of Abandoning Vietnam and The Tet Offensive Beyond the Quagmire examines the war in a fresh and provocative new light. The essays are quite absorbing and many are provocative, challenging traditional viewpoints. I really enjoyed reading it. --James Westheider, author of Fighting in Vietnam A finely conceived, wide-ranging collection of superb essays from some of today's finest scholars and historians writing on the wars in Vietnam. Jensen and Stith have assembled a stellar cast covering multiple facets of a complex war--political, military, social, and cultural--to produce a panoramic view of one of the twentieth century's most consequential conflicts. An impressive and important contribution to the literature on Vietnam. --Gregory A. Daddis, author of Withdrawal: Reassessing America's Final Years in Vietnam Geoffrey W. Jensen and Matthew M. Stith have assembled a team of the leading scholars on the Vietnam War to allow readers to sample some of the best of the new scholarship in this burgeoning field. From postwar struggles in the highlands of Laos, to the student movement on the campuses of the US home front, to the halls of power in Beijing and Moscow, to the shelves of US comic book stores, Beyond the Quagmire has something for everyone and serves as an invaluable snapshot of the historiography of the Vietnam War at the present moment. This book deserves a spot on every Vietnam War bookshelf. --Andrew Wiest, author of The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam Beyond the Quagmire is a thoughtful and timely volume that brings together some of the best new scholarship on the Vietnam War. This well-conceived and wide-ranging collection should quickly prove its worth in the classroom. --Beth Bailey, author of America's Army: Making the All-Volunteer Force

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Geoffrey W. Jensen is Associate Professor of History at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona. He is also the editor of TheRoutledge Handbook of the History of Race and the American Military. Matthew M. Stith is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Tyler and the author of Extreme Civil War: Guerrilla Warfare, Environment, and Race on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier.

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