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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461228203321

Autore

Lewy Guenter <1923->

Titolo

America in Vietnam [[electronic resource] /] / Guenter Lewy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1978

ISBN

1-283-12131-X

9786613121318

0-19-987423-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (555 p.)

Disciplina

959.704/3373

959.7043373

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States

Electronic books.

United States History 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 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 AcronymsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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.