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Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 (v. 1) Hardcover – August 28, 2006

by Mark Moyar (Author)

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Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many new insights into the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an infusion the only means of saving the country.

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A full-blooded member of what he calls the "revisionist school" of Vietnam War historians, Moyar firmly believes that America's longest and most controversial overseas war was "a worthy but improperly executed enterprise." His fiercely argued book, which covers the early years of American involvement in the war, is an unabated salvo against what he calls the "orthodox school" that sees American involvement in the war as "wrongheaded and unjust." The main villains are former Vietnam War correspondents David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan; former U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge; and just about anyone else who had bad things to say about South Vietnamese premier Ngo Dinh Diem and good things to say about Vietnamese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh. Though Moyar marshals many primary sources to buttress his political point of view, he undermines his argument by disparaging those he disagrees with (calling Sheehan and Halberstam, for example, "indignant," "vengeful," and "self-righteous"). He also showers praise on those who backed Diem, the autocratic leader who stifled the press and his political opponents. Revisionists will embrace the book; the orthodox will see it as more evidence of a vast, right-wing conspiracy. (Oct. 1)
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This thoroughly researched and richly informative history of the Vietnam War examines first the war's central characters and countries in the years leading up to 1954. Moyar contends that South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, who has been incessantly depicted as an obtuse, tyrannical reactionary by some historians, was in reality a very wise and effective leader. Moyar states that supporting the November 1963 coup was the worst American mistake of the war, that President Kennedy had no plans to abandon his South Vietnamese allies after the 1964 election, and that President Johnson's lack of forcefulness in Vietnam in late 1964 and early 1965 squandered America's deterrent power and led to a decision in Hanoi to invade South Vietnam with large North Vietnamese army units. Moyar notes that historians have argued that an American ground-troop presence in Laos would not have stopped most of the infiltration, but much new evidence contradicts this contention. Where the U.S. committed major errors, he writes, was in formulating strategies for defending South Vietnam. A valuable appraisal. George Cohen
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Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (August 28, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521869110
ISBN-13: 978-0521869119
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 66 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #480 in Books > History > Military > United States > Vietnam War
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Excellent book based on thorough research

ByTung Huynhon November 7, 2015

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Mark Moyar has given future generations an excellent unbiased view based on thorough research on a topic that has been muddied by many opposing viewpoints. Highly recommended for readers who are not already influenced by 1-sided viewpoint

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I believe that no opinion can be fully credible without having read this book which may be the best researched and authoritative

Byskip levinon August 18, 2014

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Most people have formed emotional views about the Vietnam conflict. I believe that no opinion can be fully credible without having read this book which may be the best researched and authoritative work on the subject. I have never seen much of the material made public anywhere else probbly because it doesn't represent what became the popular media view.

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Great Start for Study of Vietnam

ByThomas V. Draudeon March 16, 2016

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One of the best books on Vietnam I have ever read. Great starting point for my course on Vietnam!

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This is a good balance to other books which argue the opposite position ...

ByMike Walkeron August 20, 2017

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This is a good balance to other books which argue the opposite position -- the more quality perspectives the better

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unheard of truth

BySean Patrick Innocent Dineenon June 22, 2016

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Indian involvements in the peace process

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Excellent book but slanted in favor of Diem

ByMike B.on October 14, 2014

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Extensive research and great detail. My ownly real complaint is that the author views Diem through rosecolored glasses. Diem was just as venal and corrupt as other Asian autocrats.

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Heavy Research with factual sources

ByGrady T. Birdsongon March 3, 2014

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Mark has gone back and honestly looked at what happened on all sides of the equation and come forth with new information and assessment of what actually happened. Most all of the dissent during this war disappeared when the draft was eliminated as was pointed out. Most of the dissenter's gave aid and comfort to our enemy which was encouragment to them. Most of us who fought in this war were volunteers who put God, family, and country before ourselves and our security...which were the principles on which this great nation was founded. Thank you Mark, for setting high standards in writing this history!
Grady Birdsong, USMC Vietnam 1968-1969

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Four Stars

Bypeobuson October 20, 2014

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A solid revisionist account of early U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia.

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Bad history, bad book. If Moyar wants to show any respect to those who actually fought in the Vietnam War, much less for those Vietnamese whose lives were shattered by it, he...Read more

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