From People's War to People's Rule: Insurgency, Intervention, and the Lessons of Vietnam

by Timothy J. Lomperis

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Timothy Lomperis persuasively argues the ironic point that the lessons of American involvement in Vietnam are not to be found in any analysis of the war by itself. Rather, he proposes a comparison of the Vietnam experience with seven other cases of Western intervention in communist insurgencies during the Cold War era: China, Indochina, Greece, the Philippines, Malaya, Cambodia, and Laos.

Lomperis maintains that popular insurgencies are manifestations...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807845779

ISBN13:9780807845776

Release Date:September 1996

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:456 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Asia History International Relations Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Southeast Asia Vietnam World

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