America in Vietnam [[electronic resource] /] / Guenter Lewy
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| Autore: |
Lewy Guenter <1923->
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| Titolo: |
America in Vietnam [[electronic resource] /] / Guenter Lewy
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1978 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (555 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 959.704/3373 |
| 959.7043373 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History 1945- |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations and AcronymsIndex | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Based 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | America in Vietnam |
| ISBN: | 1-283-12131-X |
| 9786613121318 | |
| 0-19-987423-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461228203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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