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Powerful and brutal weapons : Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive / Stephen P. Randolph.
LIBRA DS557.8.E23 R36 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Randolph, Stephen P., 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Easter Offensive, 1972.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- Nixon, Richard M.
- Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023.
- Kissinger, Henry.
- Physical Description:
- x, 401 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- a compelling story about America's military decision-making in conflicts with nontraditional belligerents that speaks provocatively to our own time.
- Contents:
- Abbreviations Used in the Text ix
- 1 Nixon's War 4
- 2 The Politburo's Strategic Calculus 22
- 3 The NVA Prepares 32
- 4 Commando Hunt VII 40
- 5 The Initial Surges 61
- 6 Nixon Takes Charge 80
- 7 The Forces Flow Forward 107
- 8 B-52s over the North 119
- 9 Attack in the Highlands 131
- 10 The Fall of Quang Tri 141
- 11 The Path to Linebacker 153
- 12 Closing the Ports 172
- 13 Linebacker Planning and Direction 183
- 14 The Initial Strikes 198
- 15 The DRV Responds 214
- 16 Nixon Triumphant 226
- 17 The Siege of An Loc 235
- 18 The Defense of Hue 252
- 19 The Center Holds 260
- 20 Stalemate at the My Chanh River 271
- 21 Reactive Adversaries 281
- 22 The View from Hanoi 298
- 23 "One of Those Days" 309
- 24 Toward the Peace Path 320
- Weapons and Tactics 345.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-382) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674024915
- 9780674024915
- OCLC:
- 71266583
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