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The 25-Year War: America's Military Role in Vietnam
General Bruce Palmer Jr.
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Description for The 25-Year War: America's Military Role in Vietnam
Paperback. This work is an analysis of America's military role in Vietnam. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
On April 30, 1975, Saigon and the government of South Vietnam fell to the communist regime of North Vietnam, ending -- for American military forces -- exactly twenty-five year of courageous but unavailing struggle. This is not the story of how America became embroiled in a conflict in a small country half-way around the globe, nor of why our armed forces remained there so long after the futility of our efforts became obvious to many. It is the story of what went wrong there militarily, and why. The author is a professional soldier who experienced the Vietnam war in the ... Read more
On April 30, 1975, Saigon and the government of South Vietnam fell to the communist regime of North Vietnam, ending -- for American military forces -- exactly twenty-five year of courageous but unavailing struggle. This is not the story of how America became embroiled in a conflict in a small country half-way around the globe, nor of why our armed forces remained there so long after the futility of our efforts became obvious to many. It is the story of what went wrong there militarily, and why. The author is a professional soldier who experienced the Vietnam war in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813190365
SKU
V9780813190365
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About General Bruce Palmer Jr.
In Vietnam, four-star general Bruce Palmer Jr. (1913-2000) commanded Field Force II and later was deputy to General William Westmoreland. From 1968 to 1973 he was Vice Chief of Staff and for a time was Acting Chief of Staff, U.S. Army.
Reviews for The 25-Year War: America's Military Role in Vietnam
Will stand for years to come as an indispensable resource for students of the war and the American defense establishment that has survived it. - New York Times Book Review ""If you read only one book about Vietnam, this should be it."" - Washingtonian ""A brilliant post mortem - a clear summary of a complex autopsy of a victim who ... Read more