The Eagle And The Lotus: Western Intervention In Vietnam 1847-1971
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
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From the first French gunboats that shelled Da Nang in 1847 to the grinding quagmire of American military involvement in the early 1970s, The Eagle and the Lotus presents a sweeping and unflinching account of more than a century of Western imperial ambition in Vietnam. J.F. Cairns — Australian politician, economist, and one of the most prominent voices of the anti-Vietnam War movement — chronicles the successive waves of French colonialism and American intervention, arguing with forensic clarity that the conflict was never simply a Cold War confrontation, but the latest chapter in a long history of foreign powers imposing their will upon a determined people. Written with the moral authority of a man who stood at the centre of public opposition to the war, Cairns brings both scholarly rigour and passionate conviction to his analysis, dissecting the political miscalculations, ideological blindness, and human cost that defined each phase of Western involvement. The result is a work of profound historical and political significance — one that challenges the comfortable mythologies surrounding Western intervention and forces the reader to confront an uncomfortable question: at what point does a nation's right to self-determination become undeniable?
Author: J F Cairns
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the first French gunboats that shelled Da Nang in 1847 to the grinding quagmire of American military involvement in the early 1970s, The Eagle and the Lotus presents a sweeping and unflinching account of more than a century of Western imperial ambition in Vietnam. J.F. Cairns — Australian politician, economist, and one of the most prominent voices of the anti-Vietnam War movement — chronicles the successive waves of French colonialism and American intervention, arguing with forensic clarity that the conflict was never simply a Cold War confrontation, but the latest chapter in a long history of foreign powers imposing their will upon a determined people. Written with the moral authority of a man who stood at the centre of public opposition to the war, Cairns brings both scholarly rigour and passionate conviction to his analysis, dissecting the political miscalculations, ideological blindness, and human cost that defined each phase of Western involvement. The result is a work of profound historical and political significance — one that challenges the comfortable mythologies surrounding Western intervention and forces the reader to confront an uncomfortable question: at what point does a nation's right to self-determination become undeniable?