02457nam 2200553 a 450 991078954260332120230926173714.01-283-12131-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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerica in Vietnam /Guenter LewyNew York Oxford University Press19781 online resource (xiii, 540 pages) charts, maps0-19-502732-9 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; Notes; lossary of Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms; IndexBased 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-Vietnam War, 1961-1975959.704/3373959.7043373Lewy Guenter1923-176573MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789542603321America in Vietnam1289741UNINA