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America in Vietnam / / Guenter Lewy



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Autore: Lewy Guenter <1923-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: America in Vietnam / / Guenter Lewy Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1978
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 540 pages) : charts, maps
Disciplina: 959.704/3373
959.7043373
Soggetto topico: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States History 1945-
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; lossary of Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms; Index
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-12131-X
9786613121318
0-19-987423-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789542603321
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