02798nam 22005771 450 991045370950332120200520144314.00-19-931652-X0-19-023146-70-19-931651-1(CKB)2550000001161635(EBL)1573132(SSID)ssj0001047784(PQKBManifestationID)12434967(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047784(PQKBWorkID)11159739(PQKB)10680682(MiAaPQ)EBC1573132(Au-PeEL)EBL1573132(CaPaEBR)ebr10798592(CaONFJC)MIL544729(OCoLC)863673948(EXLCZ)99255000000116163520131118h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWestmoreland's war reassessing American strategy in Vietnam /Gregory DaddisNew York :Oxford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-931650-3 1-306-13478-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexGeneral 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 Vietnam War, 1961-1975CampaignsElectronic books.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Campaigns.959.704/340973Daddis Gregory A.1967-851438MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453709503321Westmoreland's war1900955UNINA