Triumph Revisited Historians Battle for the Vietnam War [Hardcover]

More than thirty years later, the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most controversial events in the history of the United States, and historians have so far failed to come up with a definitive narrative of the wartime experience. With competing viewpoints already in play, Mark Moyars recent revisionist approach in Triumph Forsakenhas created heated debate over who owns the history of Americas war in Vietnam.

Triumph Revisited: Historians Battle for the Vietnam Warcollects critiques of Triumph Forsakenfrom both sides of this debate, written by an array of Vietnam scholars, cataloguing arguments about how the war should be remembered, how history may be reconstructed, and by whom. A lively introduction and conclusion by editors Andrew Wiest and Michael Doidge provide context and balance to the essays, as well as Moyars responses, giving students and scholars of the Vietnam era a glimpse into how history is constructed and reconstructed.

Foreword by Dennis Showalter

Introduction: Historians and the Vietnam War by Andrew Wiest

Section 1. The Vietnam War in an Asian Perspective

Section 2. Debating Triumph Forsakenas History

Section 3. Orthodoxy and Revisionism

Conclusion by Michael Doidge

Index

[T]he book provides, in a relatively brief format, an excellent introduction to, and overview of, the major controversies and conflicts in the historiography of the early years of the Vietnam War ... Recommended  Choice

In Triumph Revisited, Wiest and Doidge have collected Moyar's critics (and there are many) to explain why the standard explanations for the United States' failure in Vietnam-its exaggerated Cold War fears, its hopeless client, and its incoherent strategy-remail“ˆ