03040nam 2200613 450 991046346590332120210614041307.01-62349-117-7(CKB)2670000000502973(EBL)1604317(SSID)ssj0001113043(PQKBManifestationID)11945089(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113043(PQKBWorkID)11162266(PQKB)10428782(MiAaPQ)EBC1604317(OCoLC)869736299(MdBmJHUP)muse33573(Au-PeEL)EBL1604317(CaPaEBR)ebr10834915(CaONFJC)MIL571954(OCoLC)869520079(EXLCZ)99267000000050297320140216h20142014 uy 0enguran#---||||atxtccrA raid too far Operation Lam Son 719 and Vietnamization in Laos /James H. Willbanks1st ed.College Station, Texas :Texas A&M University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (298 p.)Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series ;Number 143Description based upon print version of record.1-62349-017-0 1-306-40703-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prelude: Vietnamization -- Deciding to launch the operation -- The plan -- The mission receives a green light -- The other side -- The battle is joined -- The attack grinds to a halt -- On to Tchepone -- The withdrawal -- Assessing Lam Son 719 -- Aftermath -- Epilogue: Endgame -- Appendix 1. Task organization, ARVN and US -- Appendix 2. Order of battle, People's Army of Vietnam, northern military regions and Laos, 1971 -- Appendix 3. Casualties -- Appendix 4. US Army aviation summary -- Appendix 5. US Air Force summary -- Appendix 6. US/ARVN artillery summary.In February 1971, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) launched an incursion into Laos in an attempt to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail and destroy North Vietnamese Army (NVA) base areas along the border. This movement would be the first real test of Vietnamization, Pres. Richard Nixon's program to turn the fighting over to South Vietnamese forces as US combat troops were withdrawn. US ground forces would support the operation from within South Vietnam and would pave the way to the border for ARVN troops, and US air support would cover the South Vietnamese forces once they entered Laos, bWilliams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;no. 143.Operation Lam Son 719, 1971Electronic books.Operation Lam Son 719, 1971.959.704/342Willbanks James H.1947-969367MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463465903321A raid too far2489531UNINA