Eric M Bergerud

The Dynamics Of Defeat

The Vietnam War In Hau Nghia Province

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a story full of violence and numbing despair, but also one rich with lessons for American foreign policy, based on extensive research in U.S. Army archives and many personal interviews with those who experienced the Vietnam war in Hau Nghia, during the period of 1963-1973.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780367318437
• ISBN-10: 0367318431
• Artikelnr.: 58067339

Autorenporträt

Eric M. Bergerud is professor of military and American history at Lincoln University in San Francisco and the author of Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific, Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning and The Dynamics of Defeat.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
A Note on Primary Sources
The Challenge of Insurgency: South Vietnam, 1954
1965
The Front Victorious: Hau Nghia Province Through 1965
Prospects for War: On the Eve of American Intervention
Search and Destroy: The Big
Unit War, 1966
1967
Sword and Shield: Pacification Efforts, 1966
1967
Battle: The Tet Offensive, 1968
The Accelerated Pacification Campaign
Battle: The Tet Offensive, 1969
The Pacification of Hau Nghia Province, 1969
High Tide for the Allies: 1970
Last Battles: 1971
1973
Reflections on the War