00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861498209 Buklod 20080114170130.0 j|||||||||||||| | ta 151113s1970 nyub rb |000 0|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00001467666 DLC BAG rda eng DS 557 A63 C64 Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars. The Indochina story a fully documented account by the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars. New York Bantam Books ©1970. xxxv, 347 pages 18 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-347). Pt. I. Who is the United States fighting in Indochina? Vietnam: the open war ; Laos: the secret war ; Cambodia: the balancing act ; Thailand: the client state -- pt. II. How is the United States fighting in Indochina? The "science" of counterinsurgency ; Pacification: the name game ; Weapons and tactics: three generations of technological death ; The air war: emptying the countryside ; Military ground operations: extermination, self-preservation and escape ; Defoliation: the war against the land and the unborn ; Refugees: the deliberate tragedy ; War crimes and atrocities: three approaches ; Vietnamization: new rhetoric for old objectives ; Mercenaries: buying "allies" for America's war ; Election in South Vietnam and Laos: facade for client governments ; Military censorship in Vietnam: non-news and false news ; Executive deception: brainwashing the United States ; The Indochina war and international law ; The Vietnamese-American negotiations -- pt. III. Why is the United States fighting in Indochina? Is communism the enemy in Indochina? ; Is China a threat to peace in Asia? ; Is North Vietnam the aggressor in Indochina? ; The bloodbath and the whitewash ; "Protecting our boys" ; Self-determination, for whom? ; National security and national prestige ; The logic of escalation ; Intelligence and decision making ; Careerism and ego-investment ; Pax Americana: the military dimension ; Pax Americana: the economic dimension -- pt. IV. What can the future hold for Indochina? The Nixon doctrine: ten points of note ; The case for total, immediate, unilateral American withdrawal. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States. Indochina History 1945- . FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN DS 557 A63 C64 Book