WAR WITHOUT FRONTS : the american experience in Vietnam.: the american experience in Vietnam. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Thayer, Thomas C
• Contents: Part One: Basic Patterns of this War Without Fronts 1. Why was the war so Confusing? 2. The Where and When of Combat 3. Where Did the $150 Billion Go? 4. Goliath Versus David: The Forces Involved Part Two: The "Main Force" War 5. The Name of the Communist Game: Small Unit Actions 6. Allied Ground Operations are Difficult to Analyze 7. South Vietnamese Forces 8. Did Airpower work? 9. Stalemate: The Americans Couldn't Win Part Three: The Casualty Toll 10. Who Got Killed? 11. American Casualties Analyzed 12. More than a Million Civilian Casualties Part Four Pacification: "The Other War" 13. How Secure was the Countryside? 14. The Territorial Forces: Unsung Heroes 15. Vietnamese Popular Attitudes 16. Chieu Hoi: Defections from the Communist Side 17. Dismantling the Communists Subversive Apparatus Part Five: Civil Operations 18. The Enormous Refugee Burden 19. Land Reform: Best of this Century? 20. Inflation: War-Fueled but Well-Controlled Part Six: A Summing Up 21. Epilogue: 1975 22. Some Conclusions
• Publisher Details: LONDON : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 959.704/3; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; HISTORY -- General; HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0429267185; 9780429267185; 9781000002027; 1000002020; 9781000015386; 1000015386; 9781000008869
• Related ISBNs: 100000886X; 0367213109; 9780367213107
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