Format:
Online-Ressource (281 p)
ISBN:
9780199316502
Content:
General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of ""attrition"" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high ""body counts"" through a ""big unit war"" that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. Many believe the U.S. Army failed in Vietnam because of Westmoreland's misguided and narrow strategy In a groundbreaking reassessment of American military strategy in Vietnam, Gregory Daddis overturns conventional wisdom and shows how Westmoreland did indeed develop a comprehensive campaign which included
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Westmoreland's War; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations used in the Text; Abbreviations used in the Notes; Map of South Vietnam Administrative Divisions; Preface; Introduction: A Word on War and Strategy; 1. Conceiving Strategy for the Cold War Era; 2. From Advice to Support to War; 3. The Myth of Att rition in Vietnam; 4. On Bewildering Battlefields: Implementing Westmoreland's Strategy; 5. The Parallel War; 6. Training an Uncertain Army; Conclusion: When Strategy May Not Matter; Notes; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199316519
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199316502
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Westmoreland's War : Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam
Language:
English
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