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Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

Fredrik Logevall

How did the collapse of French Indochina turn Vietnam into an American commitment that leaders treated as a given and never really questioned?

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Author
Fredrik Logevall

Why read it

  • You will see how an inherited assumption can steer a new team without anyone choosing it
  • You will learn to ask whether staying the course is prudence or just habit
  • You will view the conflict through the eyes of the Vietnamese, not just the Americans and the French

Who it is for

  • A leader inheriting a failing project from a predecessor
  • A voter curious how wars begin one decision at a time
  • A student of foreign policy comparing past and present conflicts

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. PROLOGUE A VIETNAMESE IN PARIS
  3. II
  4. III
  5. IV
  6. CHAPTER 1 “THE EMPIRE IS WITH US!”
  7. II
  8. III
  9. IV
  10. V
  11. CHAPTER 2 THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST
  12. II
  13. III
  14. IV
  15. V
  16. VI
  17. CHAPTER 3 CROSSROADS
  18. II
  19. III
  20. IV
  21. V
  22. CHAPTER 4 “ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL”
  23. II
  24. III
  25. IV
  26. V
  27. VI
  28. CHAPTER 5 THE WARRIOR MONK
  29. II
  30. III
  31. IV
  32. CHAPTER 6 THE SPARK
  33. II
  34. III
  35. IV
  36. CHAPTER 7 WAR WITHOUT FRONTS
  37. II
  38. III
  39. IV
  40. CHAPTER 8 “IF I ACCEPTED THESE TERMS I’D BE A COWARD”
  41. II
  42. III
  43. IV
  44. V
  45. VI
  46. CHAPTER 9 “THE CENTER OF THE COLD WAR”
  47. II
  48. III
  49. IV
  50. V
  51. CHAPTER 10 ATTACK ON THE RC4
  52. II
  53. III
  54. CHAPTER 11 KING JEAN
  55. II
  56. III
  57. IV
  58. V
  59. VI
  60. VII

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