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Eisenhower & Cambodia

Diplomacy, Covert Action, and the Origins of the Second Indochina War

by William J. Rust ...

This historical study examines America's Cold War diplomacy and covert operations intended to lure Cambodia from neutrality to alliance.Although most Americans paid little attention to Cambodia during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the global ideological struggle with the Soviet Union guaranteed US vigilance throughout Southeast Asia. Cambodia's leader, Norodom Sihanouk, refused to take sides ... Read more

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This historical study examines America's Cold War diplomacy and covert operations intended to lure Cambodia from neutrality to alliance.Although most Americans paid little attention to Cambodia during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the global ideological struggle with the Soviet Union guaranteed US vigilance throughout Southeast Asia. Cambodia's leader, Norodom Sihanouk, refused to take sides
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Before the Quagmire

American Intervention in Laos, 1954–1961

by William J. Rust ...

This critical study of US intervention in the Laotian Civil War is "a major contribution to the literature on America's Southeast Asian involvement" ( Publishers Weekly).In the decade preceding the first US combat operations in Vietnam, the Eisenhower administration sought to defeat a communist-led insurgency in neighboring Laos. Although US foreign policy in the 1950s focused primarily on threats ... Read more

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This critical study of US intervention in the Laotian Civil War is "a major contribution to the literature on America's Southeast Asian involvement" ( Publishers Weekly).In the decade preceding the first US combat operations in Vietnam, the Eisenhower administration sought to defeat a communist-led insurgency in neighboring Laos. Although US foreign policy in the 1950s focused primarily on threats
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BRITONS IN SPAIN

The History of The British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade

by William Rust ...

A history of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade, of the two thousand British volunteers who fought, bled and died on Spanish soil between August 1936 and December 1938. The killed and missing numbered five hundred, the wounded over twelve hundred; many were incapacitated for life. Less than eight hundred remained in the ranks when the withdrawal took place. Their story is one ... Read more

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A history of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade, of the two thousand British volunteers who fought, bled and died on Spanish soil between August 1936 and December 1938. The killed and missing numbered five hundred, the wounded over twelve hundred; many were incapacitated for life. Less than eight hundred remained in the ranks when the withdrawal took place. Their story is one
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So Much to Lose

John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos

by William J. Rust ...

Series series Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
Before U.S. combat units were deployed to Vietnam, presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy strove to defeat a communist-led insurgency in Laos. This impoverished, landlocked Southeast Asian kingdom was geopolitically significant because it bordered more powerful communist and anticommunist nations. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, which traversed the country, was also a critical route for North Vietnamese ... Read more

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Before U.S. combat units were deployed to Vietnam, presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy strove to defeat a communist-led insurgency in Laos. This impoverished, landlocked Southeast Asian kingdom was geopolitically significant because it bordered more powerful communist and anticommunist nations. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, which traversed the country, was also a critical route for North Vietnamese
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Thoughts of Emotions

by William Rust ...

These poems are short stories about an emotion that the author was feeling, pieces of his life in words frozen in time. By reading these poems, you will get to know him and what he was going through in life. These are the thoughts of emotions, and he hopes you will enjoy and feel what he felt at the time he wrote the poem. ... Read more

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These poems are short stories about an emotion that the author was feeling, pieces of his life in words frozen in time. By reading these poems, you will get to know him and what he was going through in life. These are the thoughts of emotions, and he hopes you will enjoy and feel what he felt at the time he wrote the poem.
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Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil (Unabridged)

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Dive into the timeless exploration of morality with "Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil (Unabridged)" by William Henry Smith, now available as an immersive audiobook experience. Smith, a keen philosopher of the 19th century, weaves a tapestry of profound reflections on the nature of good and evil, challenging listeners to contemplate the intricate interplay between virtue and vice. In this ... Read more

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Dive into the timeless exploration of morality with "Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil (Unabridged)" by William Henry Smith, now available as an immersive audiobook experience. Smith, a keen philosopher of the 19th century, weaves a tapestry of profound reflections on the nature of good and evil, challenging listeners to contemplate the intricate interplay between virtue and vice. In this
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Embers of War

The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

by Fredrik Logevall ...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WORKS OF HISTORY IN RECENT YEARSWinner of the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians • Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • Finalist for the Cundill Prize in Historical LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYTh... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WORKS OF HISTORY IN RECENT YEARSWinner of the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians • Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • Finalist for the Cundill Prize in Historical LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYTh...
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Vietnam

An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

by Max Hastings ...

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on ... Read more

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An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on
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The Vietnam War:A Concise International History

A Concise International History

by Mark Atwood Lawrence ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" (Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history. Drawing upon the latest research in archives in China, Russia, and Vietnam, Mark Lawrence creates an extraordinary, panoramic view of all sides of the war. His narrative begins well before American forces set ... Read more

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Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" (Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history. Drawing upon the latest research in archives in China, Russia, and Vietnam, Mark Lawrence creates an extraordinary, panoramic view of all sides of the war. His narrative begins well before American forces set
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The Vietnam War

An Intimate History

by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Based on the celebrated PBS television series, the complete text of an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict, “a significant milestone [that] will no doubt do much to determine how the war is understood for years to come.” —The Washington PostMore than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its memory continues to loom large in the ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Based on the celebrated PBS television series, the complete text of an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict, “a significant milestone [that] will no doubt do much to determine how the war is understood for years to come.” —The Washington PostMore than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its memory continues to loom large in the
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The Cold War

A Military History

by Stephen E. Ambrose ...

Even fifteen years after the end of the Cold War, it is still hard to grasp that we no longer live under its immense specter. For nearly half a century, from the end of World War II to the early 1990s, all world events hung in the balance of a simmering dispute between two of the greatest military powers in history. Hundreds of millions of people held their collective breath as the United States ... Read more

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Even fifteen years after the end of the Cold War, it is still hard to grasp that we no longer live under its immense specter. For nearly half a century, from the end of World War II to the early 1990s, all world events hung in the balance of a simmering dispute between two of the greatest military powers in history. Hundreds of millions of people held their collective breath as the United States
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Vietnam Wars 1945-1990

by Marilyn Young ...

The first book to give equal weight to the Vietnamese and American sides of the Vietnam war. ... Read more

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The first book to give equal weight to the Vietnamese and American sides of the Vietnam war.
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