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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809330803321

Autore

Hunt Ira Augustus <1924->

Titolo

Losing Vietnam : How America Abandoned Southeast Asia / / Major General Ira A. Hunt Jr., USA (Ret.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, 2013

ISBN

0-8131-4206-7

0-8131-4244-X

0-8131-4207-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

Battles and campaigns

Disciplina

959.704/3

Soggetti

Military assistance, American - Cambodia

Military assistance, American - Vietnam (Republic)

Military assistance, American - Economic aspects

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Economic aspects

Cambodia History Civil War, 1970-1975 Economic aspects

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

Nakhon phanom -- South Vietnam -- Cambodia -- The Mayaguez incident -- Thailand -- Laos.

Sommario/riassunto

In the early 1970s, as U.S. combat forces began to withdraw from Southeast Asia, South Vietnamese and Cambodian forces continued the fight against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF), more commonly known as the Viet Cong. Despite the evacuation of its ground troops, the United States promised to materially support its allies' struggle against communist aggression. Over time, however, the American government drastically reduced its funding of the conflict, placing immense strain on the Cambodian and South Vietnamese armed force