Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
War-related Civilian Problems in Indochina
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
War-related Civilian Problems in Indochina
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
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Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Deaths of Others
Author: John Tirman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199831491
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for? This is the compelling, largely unasked question John Tirman answers in The Deaths of Others. Between six and seven million people died in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq alone, the majority of them civilians. And yet Americans devote little attention to these deaths. Other countries, however, do pay attention, and Tirman argues that if we want to understand why there is so much anti-Americanism around the world, the first place to look is how we conduct war. We understandably strive to protect our own troops, but our rules of engagement with the enemy are another matter. From atomic weapons and carpet bombing in World War II to napalm and daisy cutters in Vietnam and beyond, our weapons have killed large numbers of civilians and enemy soldiers. Americans, however, are mostly ignorant of these methods, believing that American wars are essentially just, necessary, and "good." Trenchant and passionate, The Deaths of Others forces readers to consider the tragic consequences of American military action not just for Americans, but especially for those we fight against.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199831491
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for? This is the compelling, largely unasked question John Tirman answers in The Deaths of Others. Between six and seven million people died in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq alone, the majority of them civilians. And yet Americans devote little attention to these deaths. Other countries, however, do pay attention, and Tirman argues that if we want to understand why there is so much anti-Americanism around the world, the first place to look is how we conduct war. We understandably strive to protect our own troops, but our rules of engagement with the enemy are another matter. From atomic weapons and carpet bombing in World War II to napalm and daisy cutters in Vietnam and beyond, our weapons have killed large numbers of civilians and enemy soldiers. Americans, however, are mostly ignorant of these methods, believing that American wars are essentially just, necessary, and "good." Trenchant and passionate, The Deaths of Others forces readers to consider the tragic consequences of American military action not just for Americans, but especially for those we fight against.
War-related Civilian Problems in Indochina
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Refugee and Civilian Way Casualty Problems in Indochina
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Problems of War Victims in Indochina
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
Publisher:
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Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Problems of War Victims in Indochina
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Refugee and Civilian War Casualty Problems in Laos and Cambodia
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Refugee and Civilian War Casualty Problems in Laos and Cambodia
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Exiting Indochina
Author: Richard H. Solomon
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781929223015
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
For most Americans, the "exit" from Indochina occurred in 1973, with the withdrawal of the U.S. military from South Vietnam. In fact, the final exit did not occur until two decades later, after the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975, the Cambodian revolution, and a decade of Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia. Only in the early 1990s were the major powers able to negotiate a settlement of the Cambodia conflict and withdraw from the region. This book recounts the diplomacy that brought an end to great power involvement in Indochina, including the negotiations for a UN peace process in Cambodia and construction of a "road map" for normalizing U.S.-Vietnam relations. In so doing, this volume also highlights the changing character of diplomacy at the beginning of the 1990s, when, at least temporarily, an era of military confrontation among the major world powers gave way to political management of international conflicts.
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781929223015
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
For most Americans, the "exit" from Indochina occurred in 1973, with the withdrawal of the U.S. military from South Vietnam. In fact, the final exit did not occur until two decades later, after the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975, the Cambodian revolution, and a decade of Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia. Only in the early 1990s were the major powers able to negotiate a settlement of the Cambodia conflict and withdraw from the region. This book recounts the diplomacy that brought an end to great power involvement in Indochina, including the negotiations for a UN peace process in Cambodia and construction of a "road map" for normalizing U.S.-Vietnam relations. In so doing, this volume also highlights the changing character of diplomacy at the beginning of the 1990s, when, at least temporarily, an era of military confrontation among the major world powers gave way to political management of international conflicts.