Blackwell Comps To Vietham War

Twenty-four historians examine particular topics related to America's war with Vietnam, both in terms of the war itself and in terms of the domestic ramifications the war had on the United States. Presented by Young (history, New York U.) and Buzzanco (history, U. of Houston), the papers address traditional concerns such as presidential planning, as well as newer concerns such as the intersections of race, gender, and class among Vietnamese and Americans. Other topics include the impact of the morale of the South Vietnamese army, the character and impact of the antiwar movement, and the changing rhetoric surrounding prisoners of war and missing in action. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Marilyn B. Young is Professor of History at New York University. She is the author of Rhetoric of Empire: American China Policy (1969) and The Vietnam Wars (1991), winner of the Berkshire Women’s History Prize. She is the co-author of Transforming Russia and China: Revolutionary Struggle in the 20th Century (with William Rosenberg, 1980), Promissory Notes: Women and the Transition to Socialism (with Rayna Rapp and Sonia Kruks, 1983), and Vietnam and America (with Marvin Gettleman, Jane Franklin, and Bruce Franklin, 1995), and is the co-editor of Human Rights and Revolutions (with Lynn Hunt and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, 2000).

Robert Buzzanco is Associate Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is the author of Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era (1996), winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Prize, and Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life (Blackwell, 1999).