Dr Pablo de Orellana is a Lecturer in International Relations at the War Studies Department, King's College London, UK.
Insightful and persuasive. * Global Military Studies Review * The Road to Vietnam accomplishes a remarkable feat: saying something truly fresh and important about the origins of the U.S. embroilment in Vietnam, a topic that historians have investigated from innumerable angles over many years. Through meticulous analysis of evidence from three countries and dexterous use of cultural theory, Pablo de Orellana convincingly shows how policymakers crafted a particular understanding of Vietnam and the country's significance to the Cold War. In the process, De Orellana models an approach that scholars would do well to apply to other international conflicts. * Professor Mark Atwood Lawrence, University of Texas at Austin, USA *