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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" that relied almost solely on s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Daddis, Gregory A., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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505 0 |a Introduction: A Word on War and Strategy -- Conceiving Strategy for the Cold War Era -- From Advice to Support to War -- The Myth of Attrition in Vietnam -- On Bewildering Battlefields: Implementing Westmoreland's Strategy -- The Parallel War -- Training an Uncertain Army -- Conclusion: When Strategy May Not Matter. 
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