Dirty little secrets of the Vietnam War:
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1999
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Thomas Dunne book
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| Beschreibung: | XVI, 374 S. |
| ISBN: | 0312198574 |
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| adam_text | C O N T E N T S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XLLL INTRODUCTION XV A WORD ON USAGE
XVII ABBREVIATIONS XIX CHAPTER 1: THE ENDURING MYTHS OF THE VIETNAM WAR
1 AMERICA SUFFERED A MILITARY DEFEAT 1 THE AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS
DIFFERENT IN VIETNAM 2 VIETNAM WAS A WAR OF COMMUNIST AGGRESSION 8 IT
WAS JUST ANOTHER WAR 10 THE VIETNAM WAR WAS NOT AS INTENSE AS WORLD WAR
II 14 WHO SERVED AND WHO GOT HURT? 18 THOSE TRAUMATIZED VIETNAM VETS 21
CHAPTER 2: THE FORTY-YEAR WAR 25 WHAT IS VIETNAM? 25 WHERE THE FRENCH
CAME IN 27 UNCLE HO, GENERAL GIAP, THE RED MENACE, AND POWER POLITICS 28
THE FRENCH CAMPAIGNS 35 THE VIET MINH-JAPANESE ALLIANCE 38 THE VIET
MINH S FOREIGN LEGION 38 LESSONS FORGOTTEN: THE AMERICAN MILITARY AND
INSURGENCY 39 COMMUNIST INSURGENCIES, 1945-65 44 THE OFFICIAL AMERICAN
ARMY CAMPAIGNS IN VIETNAM, AND THE UNOFFICIAL ONES AT HOME 44 A STRATEGY
OF UNCERTAINTY 54 CHAPTER 3: IN THE RUSH (GROUND COMBAT) 59 FIRST
IMPRESSIONS 59 THE NATURE OF COMBAT 60 AIR ASSAULT 61 VIII CONTENTS
TRASHING THE BATTLEFIELD 63 ALLIED FORCES IN VIETNAM 64 A PLAGUE OF
RADIOS AND THE FLYING CP 65 INFANTRY WEAPONS 67 THE BIG GUNS 70 ARMOR
IN VIETNAM 71 BODY COUNTS 75 THUNDER RUN 76 FNGS, GETTING SHORT, AND
STAYING ALIVE 77 LRRPS AND RANGERS 79 LRRP RULES 82 CREATING ARVN 85
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM MARINE CORPS 88 THE ARVN RANGERS 89 THE POPULAR
FORCES 90 MARINE COMBINED ACTION PLATOONS 90 GENERAL MONSOON 92 GROUND
RADAR 92 PLASTIC ON FIRE 94 ROAD WARRIORS 95 SOME USEFUL FIELD
EXPEDIENTS 96 TIGERS, ELEPHANTS, POISONOUS REPTILES, AND DETERMINED
VERMIN .... 98 TUNNELS AND TUNNELING 103 CHAPTER 4: SLICKS, PUFFS, AND
FAST MOVERS (WAR IN THE AIR) 106 THE LARGEST BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN HISTORY
106 U.S. COMBAT AIRCRAFT LOSSES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 107 HELICOPTERS
EVERYWHERE 109 HELICOPTER OPERATIONS AND LOSSES 112 HELICOPTER SORTIES
ARE DIFFERENT 114 THOSE DARING YOUNG MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES 115
AIR COMBAT 117 ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE 122 LIGHT AIRPLANES IN VIETNAM 125
PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON 126 THE B-52 AND ARC LIGHT MISSIONS 126
PRINCIPAL COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF THE VIETNAM WAR 127 RVN AIR FORCE 132 ACES
OF THE VIETNAM WAR 133 ASSAULT HELICOPTER UNITS 133 NAPALM 134 AGENT
ORANGE AND OPERATION RANCH HAND 135 THE KINGBEE 137 CONTENTS IX
CHAPTER 5: BLUE WATER, GREEN WATER, BROWN WATER (THE NAVAL WAR) 139
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN THE WAR 139 THE BATTLESHIP RETURNS 146 THE GREEN
WATER NAVY 147 THE BROWN WATER NAVY 150 THE COAST GUARD 152 CHAPTER 6:
BASE CAMP FOLLIES 154 UNCLE SAM S WAY OF WAR 154 LET S MAKE A DEAL 155
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM 157 BLOOMIN GOOD PAY 159 AMERICAN WOMEN AT WAR
161 THE CHAPLAINCY 163 THE CLASS OF 66 164 VD AND VIETNAM 165 PACIFIC
IDYLLS 166 CHAPTER 7: WAR IN THE SHADOWS 168 THE SPECIAL FORCES 168 THE
SECRET WAR IN LAOS 170 SOG S WAR AGAINST THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL 173
UNDERCOVER FOR UNCLE HO 177 SOG RECON TEAMS 178 THE MONTAGNARDS 178 THE
HMONG 184 THE CAMBODIAN CONNECTION 185 THE NORTH VIETNAM COUNTER-RECON
PROGRAM 189 PLAYING ON PARANOIA 191 SNIFF THIS, FIDO 194 THE PROBLEM OF
MOLES 194 FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX 195 PAPER PARATROOPERS 196 STRATA 196
THE LIFELINE FROM ABOVE 197 THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR 198 THE ULTIMATE
KILLING MACHINE 199 BRIGHT LIGHT 200 DEAD PLANTS AND BITTER RICE 201 THE
REAL RAMBO 201 X CONTENTS CHAPTER 8: LEADERSHIP 203 FOLLOW ME!
LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS IN VIETNAM 203 THE MISMANAGEMENT OF ARVN 206 THE
ARVN OFFICER CORPS 210 THE FIRST HOLLOW ARMY 212 THEY ALSO SERVE WHO
ONLY STAND AND WAIT 214 THE COMMUNIST ADVANTAGE 219 FRAGGING 221 THE
MEDAL OF HONOR AND OTHER DECORATIONS 222 THE DRUG PROBLEM 230 LOOTING
231 THE MY LAI MASSACRE 233 AMERICAN WAR CRIMES TRIALS 235 SOME
QUESTIONABLE WEAPONS OF THE VIETNAM WAR 235 CHAPTER 9: NUMBERS AND
LOSSES 240 AMERICAN CASUALTIES 240 CASUALTIES COMPARED 246 ALLIED COMBAT
BATTALIONS IN VIETNAM 246 EYE INJURIES IN VIETNAM 247 PSYCHONEUROTIC
CASUALTIES 248 PRISONERS OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE 250 THE GARWOOD CASE
251 TREATING THE WOUNDED 252 BLOOD 254 HOSPITAL SHIPS 255 CHAPTER 10:
THE HOME FRONT 257 GETTING IN AND GETTY READY 257 THE MEDIA 258 SOME
NOTABLE BLUNDERS OF THE PEACE MOVEMENT 260 THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS AS THEY
SEEM*NOR ARE PEOPLE 261 THE CONSPIRACY OF THE MOMENT 263 KENT STATE 264
JACKSON STATE 266 PEACE WITH HONOR 266 CHAPTER 11: THE OTHER SIDE 267
BORN IN THE NORTH TO DIE IN THE SOUTH 267 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF UNCLE
HO S NEPHEWS 269 GROUP THINK AND MIND CONTROL 271 THE OTHER SIDE S DRAFT
DODGERS 272 TRAINING 273 CONTENTS XI BAD MEDICINE 274 THE SAPPERS 275
ELECTRONICS 281 THE WELL-CLAD GUERRILLA 282 NORTH VIETNAM S ALLIES IN
THE WAR 283 THE PATHET LAO 285 ENEMY ATROCITIES 286 THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM 287 CHAPTER 12:
LOGISTICS 291 CREATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WAR 291 MERCHANT SHIPPING
293 REVOLUTIONARY LOGISTICS 293 THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL 295 THE COST OF
THE WAR 300 CHAPTER 13: THE COMBAT UNITS 302 THE PRINCIPAL AMERICAN
GROUND COMBAT UNITS IN VIETNAM 302 ROK FORCES IN VIETNAM 310 AUSTRALIA
AND NEW ZEALAND IN THE WAR 311 THAI FORCES 313 THE PHILIPPINE CONTINGENT
314 SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY AND MARINE UNITS 315 SOUTH VIETNAMESE CORPS
AREAS 320 NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG COMBAT UNITS 321 CHAPTER 14:
THE AFTERMATH 329 THE ERA OF THE HOLLOW ARMY AND MILITARY REFORM 329
THE MIA PROBLEM 332 MIA SIGHTINGS 334 THE AMERASIANS 335 THE
REORGANIZATION OF THE DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT 336 THE VIETNAM WAR
DESERTERS 338 SOME NOTABLE AMERICANS WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM 341 SOME
NOTABLE AMERICANS WHO DIDN T SERVE IN VIETNAM 342 THE SINO-VIETNAMESE
WAR 342 APPENDIX: A VIETNAM WAR GLOSSARY: ACRONYMS, CODE WORDS, AND
SLANG 345 RECOMMENDED READING 355
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