TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joseph,Paul
TI  - Cracks in the Empire: State Politics in the Vietnam War 
SN  - 9780231907767
PY  - 1981///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; PREFACE TO THE MORNINGSIDE EDITION --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; CONTENTS --; TABLES AND CHARTS --; GLOSSARY --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I. THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND --; I. FIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF U.S. INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM --; II. POLICY CURRENTS AND THE CAPITALIST STATE --; III. POLICY CURRENTS AND THE U.S. IN VIETNAM: 1943-1967 --; PART II. FORCES OF OPPOSITION --; IV. PLAYING HARDBALL: SINO-SOVIET AID TO VIETNAM, THE SINO-SOVIET DISPUTE, VIETNAM AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS --; V. DOMESTIC OPPOSITION --; VI. THE VIETNAM WAR, THE ECONOMY AND THE CAPITALIST CLASS --; PART III. U.S. POLICY IN DETAIL --; VII. THE COLLAPSE OF THE CENTER: AUGUST 1967 TO THE TET OFFENSIVE --; VIII. THE CRISIS: FEBRUARY-MARCH 1968 --; PART IV: CONCLUSION --; IX. THE PERMANENCE OF POLICY POLICY CURRENTS: U.S. POLICY TOWARD POST-LIBERATION VIETNAM --; ECONOMIC APPENDIX --; NOTES --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - Elaborates divisions among United States policymakers during the Vietnam War. Reflects on the tenacity of the Vietnamese revolution and the strength of opposition to the war within the United States
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