New Zealand and the Vietnam War

出版者:Paul & Co Pub Consortium

作者:Rabel, Roberto

页数:444

出版时间:2005-9

价格:$ 39.49

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9781869403409

具体描述

Starting with the first Indochina War in the 1950s, this historical analysis covers the story of New Zealand's relations with Vietnam up to the end of the Vietnam War in the 1970s. Exploring the diplomatic history of the engagement, which is not well known or understood, and showing that New Zealand officials and politicians in fact entered the war with extreme reluctance, this describes how the dispatch of troops to Vietnam divided the country, enraged a generation, and forced the government to publicly defend its policy. Readers quickly discover that the fallout from the Vietnam conflict still affects New Zealand's position today--from its well-known antinuclear stance to its position over the recent Iraq conflict.