LEADER 02457nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910789542603321 005 20230926173714.0 010 $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$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerica in Vietnam /$fGuenter Lewy 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1978 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 540 pages) $ccharts, maps 311 0 $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; lossary of Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms; Index 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$y1945- 615 0$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 $a9910789542603321 996 $aAmerica in Vietnam$91289741 997 $aUNINA