Gregory A Daddis

Withdrawal

Reassessing America's Final Years in Vietnam

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Produktbeschreibung

In a riveting sequel to his celebrated Westmoreland's War, Daddis offers a bold new interpretation of America's first lost war. Upending myths of a "better war" that led to victory in Vietnam, Withdrawal is required reading for anyone hoping to understand the final years of American intervention in Southeast Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780190691080
• ISBN-10: 0190691085
• Artikelnr.: 47973385

Autorenporträt

Gregory Daddis is Associate Professor of history and director of Chapman University's MA Program in War and Society. A retired US Army colonel, he has served in both Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. Daddis specializes in the history of the Vietnam Wars and the Cold War era.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Lists of Abbreviations
Introduction - The Limits of Strategy in a Stalemated War
Chapter
1 Abe's "One War" - Continuity in Change
2 Vietnamization - Policy of Withdrawal or Strategy for Victory?
3 Pacification without Peace - The Travails of Nation Building
4 Balancing a War - Strategy, Diplomacy, and Withdrawal
5 A New Army for an Old War?
6 From Victory to Defeat? - Abrams's Final Years
Conclusion - Limited Wars, Societies, and the Problem of "Victory"