Fire and Rain Nixon Kissinger and the Wars in Southeast Asia 1st edition by Carolyn Woods Eisenberg 0197639085 9780197639085

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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎0197639085 

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎9780197639085

Author:   Carolyn Woods Eisenberg 

This gripping account interweaves Nixon and Kissinger’s pursuit of the war in Southeast Asia and their diplomacy with the Soviet Union and China with on-the-ground military events and US domestic reactions to the war conducted in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.Fire and Rain is a compelling, meticulous narrative of the way national security decisions formed at the highest levels of government affect the lives of individuals at home and abroad. By drawing these connections, Carolyn Woods Eisenberg brings to life policy decisions about Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, conveying their significance to a new generation of readers. She breaks fresh ground in contextualizing Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger’s decisions within a wider institutional and societal framework. While recognizing the distinctive personalities and ideas of these two men, this study more broadly conveys the competing roles and impact of the professional military, the Congress, and a mobilized peace movement.Drawing upon a vast collection of declassified documents, Eisenberg presents an important re-interpretation of the Nixon Administration’s relations with the Soviet Union and China vis a vis the war in Southeast Asia. She argues that in their desperate effort to overcome, or at least overshadow, their failure in Vietnam, Nixon and Kissinger made major concessions to both nations in the field of arms control, their response to the India-Pakistan war, and the diplomacy surrounding Taiwan–much of this secret. Despite policymakers’ claims that the Vietnam War was a “national security” necessity that would demonstrate American strength to the communist superpowers and “credibility” to friendly governments, the historical record suggests a different reality.A half-century after the Paris Peace Conference marking the withdrawal of US troops and advisors from Vietnam and foreign troops from Laos and Cambodia, Fire and Rain is a dramatic account of geopolitical decision making, civil society, and the human toll of the war on the people of Southeast Asia.

Fire and Rain. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia 1st Table of contents:

Part I: The War
1. “Mired in Stalemate”
2. “We Will Hit Them with No Warning”
3. “I See Death Coming Up the Hill”
4. “It Makes Our Position Murder”
5. “Blow Their Candles Out”
6. “You Shouldn’t Kill That Many”
7. “The Idealists Are the Builders”
8. “Hit ‘Em in the Gut”
9. “The Great Mystery of Life”
10. “The Greatest Success”
11. “Enjoy the Breeze”
12. “We Might Have Burned Your House”
13. “Something Like a Moron . . . ”
14. “Take a Stinking Hill”
15. “Everyone Was Crying”
16. “Bring Our Brothers Home”
Part II: War and Diplomacy
17. “You’ve Only Got One Card”
18. “Man of Peace”
19. “Knock the Shit Out of Them”
20. “Seize the Hour! Seize the Day!”
21. “The Whole Ground Shakes”
22. “Let Us Think of Tanya”
23. “Four More Years”
24. “You’re Three for Three, Mr. President!”
25. “Miserable, Filthy People”
26. “A Terrific Letdown”
27. “Let the Americans See Me”

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