02534nam 2200589 a 450 991046122820332120200520144314.01-283-12131-X97866131213180-19-987423-9(CKB)2670000000094654(EBL)716687(OCoLC)729871080(SSID)ssj0000631888(PQKBManifestationID)11374049(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631888(PQKBWorkID)10608382(PQKB)11369391(MiAaPQ)EBC716687(Au-PeEL)EBL716687(CaPaEBR)ebr10472241(CaONFJC)MIL312131(EXLCZ)99267000000009465420771201d1978 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica in Vietnam[electronic resource] /Guenter LewyNew York Oxford University Press19781 online resource (555 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-502732-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; NotesGlossary of Terms, Abbreviations and AcronymsIndexBased 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.Vietnam War, 1961-1975United StatesUnited StatesHistory1945-Electronic books.Vietnam War, 1961-1975959.704/3373959.7043373Lewy Guenter1923-176573MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461228203321America in Vietnam1289741UNINA