Table of Contents
List of Images
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Geoffrey W. Jensen and Matthew M. Stith
Part I: The Politics of War
Rural Development and Revolution in Ngo Dinh Diem’s Vietnam / Geoffrey C. Stewart
Beyond the Peace Accords: Legacies of America’s Secret War in Laos / Nengher N. Vang
Leopard Spots, Patchworks, and Crazy Quilts: A Geography of Nixon’s Vietnam War / Martin G. Clemis
Vietnam, the Student Movement, and the South: The War and Regional Identity / Jeffrey A. Turner
Part II: The Combatants and Their War
A Parable of Persisting Failure: Project 100,000 / Geoffrey W. Jensen
Women, Gender, and the War / Heather Marie Stur
China’s Intervention and the End of the Communist Alliance in Vietnam / Xiaobing Li
The Role of a Military Advisor in Vietnam / Ron Milam
The Natural Environment and the American Military Experience in Vietnam / Matthew M. Stith
Part III: Remembering Vietnam
The ‘Nam Comics: Remembering the American War in Viet Nam / Susan L. Eastman
Claiming the Flag: Patriotism and the Nixon White House / Sarah Thelen
Provisional Healing: Vietnam Memorials and the Limits of Memory / William Thomas Allison
They Got Out of That Place: Understanding the Vietnam War through the Music-Based Memories of Vietnam Veterans / Doug Bradley
Contributor Biographies
Index