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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 56 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Robert K. Brigham. |
| Summary |
A gripping and authoritative 24-lecture history course on the Vietnam War from the award-winning professor who cowrote Argument Without End with Robert McNamara. Using newly available archival and source material from the United States and Vietnam, Professor Robert K. Brigham poses three questions to you: 1. Why did the United States invest so much blood and treasure in an area as remote and seemingly insignificant as Vietnam? 2. Why, despite its vast power, did the United States fail to achieve its objectives? 3. What were the consequences of the war for both Americans and the Vietnamese? In 24 lectures, you will endeavor to answer these questions as you grapple with the legacy of the Vietnam War today. Based on more than 100 trips to Vietnam and extensive interviews with key players from all sides, Prof. Brigham weaves vivid biographical sketches and rich anecdotes into recorded history. His masterful storytelling will help you look behind common assumptions about the conflict. Not since the Civil War had the American national consciousness been as strained as it was by the conflict in Southeast Asia. Indeed, the controversies that the Vietnam War spurred on the home front are more familiar to many Americans than the policies and motives that guided the conflict. The History of the Vietnam War fills that gap. From a distance of fifty years, you will reexamine the war and its lessons. Throughout, Prof. Brigham sheds light on the United States and its place in the world today. Under his expert guidance, you will gain fresh understanding of this momentous chapter in American history. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Political |
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Audiobooks
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| Added Author |
Brigham, Robert K..
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781632517517 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1632517515 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12268698 |
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