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020 _a9781541606081
_q(hardback)
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_beng
_cTnLvILS
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_b.W39 2024
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100 1 _aWawro, Geoffrey,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Vietnam War : A Military History
_b
_cGeoffrey Wawro.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books
_c2024.
300 _axiii, 652 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began. In its time it sparked budget deficits, campus protests, and an erosion of US influence around the world. Long after the last helicopter evacuated Saigon, Americans have continued to battle over whether it was ever a winnable war. Based on thousands of pages of military, diplomatic, and intelligence documents, [this book] offers a definitive account of a war of choice that was doomed from its inception. ... Wawro narrates campaigns where US troops struggled even to find the enemy in the South Vietnamese wilderness, let alone kill sufficient numbers to turn the tide in their favor. Yet the war dragged on, prolonged by presidents and military leaders who feared the political consequences of accepting defeat. In the end, no number of young lives lost or bombs dropped could prevent America's ally, the corrupt South Vietnamese regime, from collapsing the moment US troops retreated"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975.
650 0 _a
_zUnited States.
650 0 _a
_xCampaigns.
650 0 _a
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aVietnam
_xHistory
_y1945-1975.
651 0 _aVietnam
_xHistory, Military
_y20th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory, Military
_y20th century.
651 0 _aVietnam
_xRelations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xRelations
_zVietnam.
655 _aHistory
999 _c20502
_d20502