Vietnam: The Endless War; From Monthly Review, 1954-1970
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1970. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. 154, [6] pages.Occasional footnotes. Slightly cocked. Coverr has some wear and soiling. Some ink marks to text and margins noted. The contents include a Preface by Paul M. Sweezy and chapters on What Every American Should Know About Indo-China; The Approaching Crisis; The Road to Ruin; A New Phase Opens; Why Vietnam?; Vietnam and the 1968 Elections; The Fall of McNamara; Prospects of Peace, Foreign and Domestic; Endless War; What Next?; and The War Spreads. Paul Marlor Sweezy (April 10, 1910 – February 27, 2004) was a Marxist economist, political activist, publisher, and founding editor of the long-running magazine Monthly Review. He is best remembered for his contributions to economic theory as one of the leading Marxian economists of the second half of the 20th century. Leo Huberman (Newark, New Jersey, October 17, 1903 – November 9, 1968) was an American socialist economist. In 1949 he founded and co-edited Monthly Review with Paul Sweezy. He was the chair of the Department of Social Science at New College, Columbia University; labor editor of the newspaper PM; and the author of the history books Man’s Worldly Goods and We, the People: The Drama of America. Harry Samuel Magdoff (August 21, 1913 – January 1, 2006) was a prominent American socialist commentator. He held several administrative positions in government during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and later became co-editor of the Marxist publication Monthly Review. It is not the purpose of this volume to prove the roots of the Vietnam War, which lie deeply imbedded in the social and intellectual history of the last two centuries or more. The authors was rather to demonstrate in as concrete a way as possible that failure to understand what the war in Vietnam is all about is not in the least inevitable, that from a Marxist perspective there is not now, and never has been, any mystery about the origins of the war its steady escalation over the years, and its persistence in the face of official America's repeated avowal of a will to bring it to an end. In order to make this demonstration as convincing as possible, the authors eschew reliance on hindsight. The book consists soley of editorial statements which appeared in Monthly Review beginning in 1954 and ending in 1970. No changes of substance--i.e.beyond technical editing--have been introduced. The editorial are reproduced just as they were written, usually timed as commentary on the war's many turning points, and the date of publication, indicated on the first page of each, should be noted by the reader. Individually and collectively these pieces carry their own story and require no clarification or elaboration here. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Vietnam War, Indochina, Indo-China, Robert McNamara, Escalation, Antiwar Protests, Presidential Election, President Nixon, Marxism, Imperialism
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