The American war in Vietnam : lessons, legacies, and implications for future conflicts
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The American war in Vietnam : lessons, legacies, and implications for future conflicts
(Contributions in military studies, no. 67)
Greenwood Press, 1987
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Bibliography: p. [149]-153
Includes index
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The lessons, legacies, and implications for future conflicts are the purpose of this collection of work on The American War in Vietnam. This is an assemblage of ten superb papers which outline why America failed in Vietnam. . . . Military readers will find the section on How the War Was Fought especially interesting in that the authors suggest that had we pursued a more exhaustive air campaign against the North early in the war, then it could have been won. . . . This book is for serious students of the Vietnam War, for historians looking for a complete picture, it has a superb bibliography, and the authors have outstanding credentials. Armor
The essays in this collection were assembled to provide answers to the question of why the United States lost the war in Vietnam. They examine four major factors that affected U.S. policy: how the war was perceived, how it was fought, the possible effect of alternative strategies, and the war's legacy for future warfare. The contributors include both military officers and scholars, all but one of whom participated in the Vietnam War. All the authors reflect the more tempered nature of current Vietnam War scholarship. Although their appraisals differ, the overall effect is to offer insight and clarification into the failure of U.S. and South Vietnamese policy, backed by the Grinter's and Dunn's first-hand experiences.
Table of Contents
- Preface Abbreviations On Legacies and Lessons: The Literature and the Debate by Joe P. Dunn The Vietnam War in Retrospect: Its Nature and Some Lessons by Nguyen M. Hung Vietnam: The Cost of Ignoring the Political Requirements by Lawrence E. Grinter Lost Opportunities: The Air War in Vietnam, 1961-1973 by Alan L. Gropman Air Power in Vietnam
- The Hubris of Power by Earl H. Tilford A Strategic Perception of the Vietnam War by Harry G. Summers, Jr. On Strategy Revisited: Clausewitz and Revolutionary War by Peter M. Dunn On Lessons: A Critique of the Summers Thesis by Noel C. Eggleston Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Low-Intensity Conflict in the Post-Vietnam Era by John D. Waghelstein Lessons, Legacies, and Implications of Vietnam by Peter M. Dunn and Lawrence E. Grinter Selected Bibliography Index About the Contributors
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