| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 540 pages) : charts, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
A Galaxy book ; GB 601
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Galaxy book ; GB 601.
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| Note |
Originally published in 1978. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The roots of involvement -- The big-unit war -- The failure of attrition and pacification -- Disengagement -- The travail of Vietnamization -- Vietnamization on trial: the collapse of South Vietnam -- American military tactics and the law of war -- Terrorism, counterinsurgency and genocide -- Atrocities: fiction and fact -- The punishment of atrocities and war crimes -- The bombing of North Vietnam. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 1945-
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Since 1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lewy, Guenter, 1923- America in Vietnam. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1980, ©1978 0195023919 (OCoLC)6296532 |
| ISBN |
9780199874231 (electronic book) |
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0199874239 (electronic book) |
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0195023919 |
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9780195023916 |
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0195027132 |
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9780195027136 |
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0195027329 |
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9780195027327 |
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