The Vietnam War : a military history

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"The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began. In its time it sparked budget deficits, campus protests, and an erosion of US influence around the world. Long after the last helicopter evacuated Saigon, Americans have continued to battle over whether it was ever a winnable war. Based on thousands of pages of military, diplomatic, and intelligence documents, Geoffrey Wawro's The Vietnam War offers a definitive acc...

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United States History, Military 20th century

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States

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ISBN:

9781541606081 (hardcover)
9781541606081

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xiii, 652 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Parody of high strategy
No-win war
Eve of destruction
Strength only for defeat
Ia Drang
"Nail the coonskins to the wall"
"The country is behind you-50 percent"
Jive at five
"We'll just go on bleeding them"
"Victory is around the corner"
Zenith of fatuity
Year of the monkey - Tet
"We can keep on winning the war forever"
Khe Sanh
Mini-Tet
A better war?
Hamburger Hill
Search and avoid
"I will not be the first president to lose a war"
"Cambodia is a man's job"
Quiet mutiny
"The heaviest defeat ever for Nixon & company"
"We've made the war too much of a good thing"
"Defeat is not an option"
The fall

LCCN:

2024000142

Control Number:

3353774

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