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Strategy in Vietnam The Marines and Revolutionary Warfare in I Corps, 1965-1972
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A. Hennessy
Book Code: C5667
ISBN: 0-275-95667-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95667-7
232 pages, maps, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/1997
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Grand strategy, strategy, and tactics--the three layers of policy and action inherent to all military efforts--are the focus of this historical analysis of the dynamics of the Vietnam War. The American theory of counterrevolutionary warfare is examined in light of American military practice, especially that of the Marine Corps, during the period of America's greatest involvement, 1965-1972, and at the site of the most intense combat, the five northern provinces known as I Corps. Drawing from two schools of thought that diverge over the appropriate strategy America should have pursued in South Vietnam, this inquiry indicates that both the number of troops and their tactical employment proved inadequate for redressing the threat within the parameters America set for itself. Specifically, this work demonstrates that the counterrevolutionary warfare strategy postulated for Vietnam was largely ignored in some quarters, and sowed the seeds of defeat in others.
Table of Contents:
  • Maps and Tables
  • Preface
  • Acronyms
  • Going Ashore
  • Paper War: Entrenching the Frictions
  • Instability, Insurgency and Intervention: Background to a War
  • In Search of Balance: The Early Years, 1965-1966
  • The War of Attrition in the Years of Decision, 1967-1968
  • The Measure of Success in the Years of Retreat, 1969-1972
  • Conclusion: A Harvest of Contradictions
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-33989
LCC Class: DS558
Dewey Class: 959
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