Inventing Vietnam: The United States and State Building, 1954–1968
Author:   James M. Carter (Drew University, New Jersey)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date:   05 June 2012
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Author:   James M. Carter (Drew University, New Jersey)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511809255


ISBN 10:   0511809255
Publication Date:   05 June 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
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1. Introduction; 2. The Cold War, colonialism, and the origins of the American commitment to Vietnam, 1945–1954; 3. 'The needs are enormous, the time short': Michigan State University, the United States operations mission, nation building, and Vietnam; 4. Surviving the crises: Southern Vietnam, 1958–1960; 5. 'A permanent mendicant': Southern Vietnam, 1960–1963; 6. A period of shakedown: Southern Vietnam, 1963–1965; The paradox of construction and destruction: Southern Vietnam 1966–1968; 8. Epilogue: war, politics, and the end in Vietnam.

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'... his work adds an important piece of understanding to the extremely complex jigsaw which was Vietnam at the time.' Asian Affairs


'… his work adds an important piece of understanding to the extremely complex jigsaw which was Vietnam at the time.' Asian Affairs


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James M. Carter obtained his PhD from the University of Houston in 2004 and is currently Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. His research specialties include U.S. foreign relations, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. His publications include several articles on nation building in Vietnam and private contractors in both Vietnam and Iraq as well as book reviews in Itinerario, The Journal of Military History, Education About Asia, and on H-Diplo. In summer, 2007, he was appointed a Fellow of the Summer Military History Seminar at West Point Military Academy.

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