America in Vietnam.
Title:
America in Vietnam.
Author:
Lewy, Guenter.
ISBN:
9780199874231
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (697 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Tables, Maps, Charts -- Preface -- 1 The Roots of Involvement -- 2 The Big-Unit War -- 3 The Failure of Attrition and Pacification -- 4 Disengagement -- 5 The Travail of Vietnamization -- 6 Vietnamization on Trial: The Collapse of South Vietnam -- 7 American Military Tactics and the Law of War -- 8 Terrorism, Counterinsurgency and Genocide -- 9 Atrocities: Fiction and Fact -- 10 The Punishment of Atrocities and War Crimes -- 11 The Bombing of North Vietnam -- Epilogue: The Legacy of Vietnam -- Appendix I. Civilian Casualties: A Quantitative Assessment -- Appendix II. Tables and Charts -- A Note on Military Records -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Index -- Footnote -- ch02fn01 -- ch02fn02 -- recordsfn01.
Abstract:
Based on a variety of classified military records, Lewy provides the first systematic analysis of the course of the Vietnam War, the reasons for the failure of American strategy and tactics, and the causes of the final collapse of South Vietnam.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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