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Westmoreland's War : Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam.

General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of ""attrition"" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high ""body counts"" through a ""big unit war""...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Daddis, Gregory
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press, USA, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Westmoreland's War; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations used in the Text; Abbreviations used in the Notes; Map of South Vietnam Administrative Divisions; Preface; Introduction: A Word on War and Strategy; 1. Conceiving Strategy for the Cold War Era; 2. From Advice to Support to War; 3. The Myth of Att rition in Vietnam; 4. On Bewildering Battlefields: Implementing Westmoreland's Strategy; 5. The Parallel War; 6. Training an Uncertain Army; Conclusion: When Strategy May Not Matter; Notes; Index. 
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