LEADER 02534nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910461228203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-12131-X 010 $a9786613121318 010 $a0-19-987423-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000094654 035 $a(EBL)716687 035 $a(OCoLC)729871080 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631888 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11374049 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631888 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10608382 035 $a(PQKB)11369391 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC716687 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL716687 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10472241 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312131 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000094654 100 $a20771201d1978 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerica in Vietnam$b[electronic resource] /$fGuenter Lewy 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1978 215 $a1 online resource (555 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-502732-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aGlossary of Terms, Abbreviations and AcronymsIndex 330 $aBased 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. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1945- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975 676 $a959.704/3373 676 $a959.7043373 700 $aLewy$b Guenter$f1923-$0176573 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461228203321 996 $aAmerica in Vietnam$91289741 997 $aUNINA