The Vietnam war reexamined / (Record no. 39270)
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| fixed length control field | nam a22 7a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 190319b2018 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781107628175 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 959.7043 KOR-M |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kort, Michael G. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Vietnam war reexamined / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael G. Kort |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | United Kingdom |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 250 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | GBP |
| Price amount | 18.99. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Going beyond the dominant orthodox narrative to incorporate insight from revisionist scholarship on the Vietnam War, Michael G. Kort presents the case that the United States should have been able to win the war, and at a much lower cost than it suffered in defeat. Presenting a study that is both historiographic and a narrative history, Kort analyzes important factors such as the strong nationalist credentials and leadership qualities of South Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem; the flawed military strategy of 'graduated response' developed by Robert McNamara; and the real reasons South Vietnam collapsed in the face of a massive North Vietnamese invasion in 1975. Kort shows how the US commitment to defend South Vietnam was not a strategic error but a policy consistent with US security interests during the Cold War, and that there were potentially viable strategic approaches to the war that might have saved South Vietnam. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 900-999 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 19/03/2019 | 1 | 959.7043 KOR-M | 37856 | 13/07/2024 | 07/05/2019 | 19/03/2019 | Books |