The second Indochina War: a concise political and military history
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| Beschreibung: | Previously published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1986 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XXXIII, 301 S. Kt. |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
ix
About the Book
xi
Preface
xiii
List of Abbreviations
xix
Chronology
xxi
Introduction
1
Notes
6
1
Legacies of Time
9
Indochina
9
Roots of American Involvement
13
The Geneva Agreements
16
The War to Come
18
Notes
21
2
Between Two Wars
25
The Resurrection of Ngo Dinh Diem
26
The U.S. Commitment
30
The Southern Revolution in Communist Strategy
33
The Armed Struggle Option
41
Founding the Front
43
Notes
48
vi
Contents
3
Fateful Decisions
57
Kennedy s War
58
The Communist Military Challenge
63
The Special War
68
The Coup
73
The Communist Response
80
Notes
85
4
Americanization
93
Going It (Almost) Alone
94
Hanoi s Allies
95
Westmoreland s Strategy
97
Hanoi s Southern Command
100
Binh Gia
104
Rescue Mission
106
The Big Sweeps
109
Stalemate
114
Notes
117
5
Air War
123
Strategy in Search of a Rationale
124
Resurrecting the Resistance
126
The Limits of Bombing
132
Notes
132
6
Tet
137
Genesis of an Urban-Rural Strategy
138
Islands of Peace
142
Khe Sanh
144
The Attacks on the Cities
146
The Ambiguities of Defeat
149
The Patient Public
151
The Communist Victory
154
Notes
157
7
The Road to Paris
161
The Nixon-Kissinger Strategy
162
Widening the War
164
The Lull
170
Vietnamization
172
Unifying the Indochina Battlefield
179
Detour into Laos: Lam Son
719 182
Spring Offensive
183
Breaking the Deadlock
189
Notes
196
Contents
vii
8 After
the Americans
205
From Ceaseless Fire to Postwar War
206
The Military Balance
209
The Politics of Despair
212
Race against the Enemy and Heaven
217
The Ho Chi Minh Campaign
227
Notes
230
9
Of Lessons and Their Price
237
Could the U.S. Have Won?
238
Domino Theory Revisited
243
The Lessons
251
The Cost
254
Notes
258
Appendix A: Annual Troop Movement from North to
South and Casualties en Route, May
1959
to April
1975—
Group
559
and American Estimates
265
Appendix B: Revolutionary Armed Forces and
Population in the B2 Theater
267
Further Reading
269
Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
269
Primary Sources
270
Background History
271
General Histories
272
Journalists and Media
272
The
Tet
Offensive
273
The RVN and the ARVN
274
The Southern Revolution
276
The North
278
The Air War
279
Cambodia
280
Laos
281
American Politics and Diplomacy
282
Index
289
About the Author
301
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Contents
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
ix
About the Book
xi
Preface
xiii
List of Abbreviations
xix
Chronology
xxi
Introduction
1
Notes
6
1
Legacies of Time
9
"Indochina"
9
Roots of American Involvement
13
The Geneva Agreements
16
The War to Come
18
Notes
21
2
Between Two Wars
25
The Resurrection of Ngo Dinh Diem
26
The U.S. Commitment
30
The Southern Revolution in Communist Strategy
33
The Armed Struggle Option
41
Founding the Front
43
Notes
48
vi
Contents
3
Fateful Decisions
57
Kennedy's War
58
The Communist Military Challenge
63
The "Special War"
68
The Coup
73
The Communist Response
80
Notes
85
4
Americanization
93
Going It (Almost) Alone
94
Hanoi's Allies
95
Westmoreland's Strategy
97
Hanoi's Southern Command
100
Binh Gia
104
Rescue Mission
106
The Big Sweeps
109
Stalemate
114
Notes
117
5
Air War
123
Strategy in Search of a Rationale
124
Resurrecting the Resistance
126
The Limits of Bombing
132
Notes
132
6
Tet
137
Genesis of an Urban-Rural Strategy
138
Islands of Peace
142
Khe Sanh
144
The Attacks on the Cities
146
The Ambiguities of Defeat
149
The Patient Public
151
The Communist Victory
154
Notes
157
7
The Road to Paris
161
The Nixon-Kissinger Strategy
162
Widening the War
164
The Lull
170
Vietnamization
172
Unifying the Indochina Battlefield
179
Detour into Laos: Lam Son
719 182
Spring Offensive
183
Breaking the Deadlock
189
Notes
196
Contents
vii
8 After
the Americans
205
From Ceaseless Fire to Postwar War
206
The Military Balance
209
The Politics of Despair
212
Race against the Enemy and Heaven
217
The Ho Chi Minh Campaign
227
Notes
230
9
Of Lessons and Their Price
237
Could the U.S. Have Won?
238
Domino Theory Revisited
243
The "Lessons"
251
The Cost
254
Notes
258
Appendix A: Annual Troop Movement from North to
South and Casualties en Route, May
1959
to April
1975—
Group
559
and American Estimates
265
Appendix B: Revolutionary Armed Forces and
Population in the B2 Theater
267
Further Reading
269
Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
269
Primary Sources
270
Background History
271
General Histories
272
Journalists and Media
272
The
Tet
Offensive
273
The RVN and the ARVN
274
The Southern Revolution
276
The North
278
The Air War
279
Cambodia
280
Laos
281
American Politics and Diplomacy
282
Index
289
About the Author
301 |
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