LEADER 03007nam 2200601 450 001 9910813572003321 005 20230803195104.0 010 $a1-62349-117-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000502973 035 $a(EBL)1604317 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001113043 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11945089 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113043 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11162266 035 $a(PQKB)10428782 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1604317 035 $a(OCoLC)869736299 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33573 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1604317 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10834915 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL571954 035 $a(OCoLC)869520079 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000502973 100 $a20140216h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auran#---||||a 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA raid too far $eOperation Lam Son 719 and Vietnamization in Laos /$fJames H. Willbanks 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCollege Station, Texas :$cTexas A&M University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 225 1 $aWilliams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series ;$vNumber 143 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-62349-017-0 311 $a1-306-40703-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrelude: 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. 330 $aIn February 1971, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) launched an incursion into Laos in an attempt to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail and destroy North Vietnamese Army (NVA) base areas along the border. This movement would be the first real test of Vietnamization, Pres. Richard Nixon's program to turn the fighting over to South Vietnamese forces as US combat troops were withdrawn. US ground forces would support the operation from within South Vietnam and would pave the way to the border for ARVN troops, and US air support would cover the South Vietnamese forces once they entered Laos, b 410 0$aWilliams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;$vno. 143. 606 $aOperation Lam Son 719, 1971 615 0$aOperation Lam Son 719, 1971. 676 $a959.704/342 700 $aWillbanks$b James H.$f1947-$01156008 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813572003321 996 $aA raid too far$94003419 997 $aUNINA