| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 917 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Modern Southeast Asia series
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Modern Southeast Asia series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 881-890) and index. |
| Contents |
1968 -- 1969 -- 1970 -- 1971 -- 1972 -- Meeting participants -- Vietnamese names in meetings. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
During the four years General Creighton W. Abrams was commander in Vietnam, he and his staff made more than 455 tape recordings of briefings and meetings. In 1994, with government approval, Lewis Sorley began transcribing and analyzing the tapes. Sorley's laborious, time-consuming effort has produced a picture of the senior U.S. commander in Vietnam and his associates working to prosecute a complex and challenging military campaign in an equally complex and difficult political context. The concept of the nature of the war and the way it was conducted changed during Abrams's command. The progressive buildup of U.S. forces was reversed, and Abrams became responsible for turning the war back to the South Vietnamese. The edited transcriptions in this volume clearly reflect those changes in policy and strategy. They include briefings called the Weekly Intelligence Estimate Updates as well as meetings with such visitors as the secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other high-ranking officials. In Vietnam Chronicles we see, for the first time, the difficult task that Creighton Abrams accomplished with tact and skill. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Abrams, Creighton W. (Creighton Williams), 1914-1974.
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Abrams, Creighton W. (Creighton Williams), 1914-1974. |
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Abrams, Creighton Williama, 1914-1974. |
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Abrams, Creighton W. |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 1961-1969.
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1961-1969 |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1969-
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| Chronological Term |
1969- |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sorley, Lewis, 1934-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vietnam chronicles. 1st ed. Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, ©2004 0896725332 (DLC) 2004002747 (OCoLC)54391939 |
| ISBN |
1423762703 (electronic book) |
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9781423762706 (electronic book) |
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1281093408 |
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9781281093400 |
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0896725332 (Cloth) |
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9780896725331 (alkaline paper) |
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