Westmoreland's war : reassessing American strategy in Vietnam / Gregory Daddis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daddis, Gregory A., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005--Military leadership.

Westmoreland, William C.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 search and destroy missions. Many believe the U.S. Army failed in Vietnam because of Westmoreland's misguided and narrow strategy In a groundbreaking reassessment of American military strategy in Vietnam, Gregory Daddis overturns conventional wisdom and shows how Westmoreland did indeed develop a comprehensive campaign which included

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 26, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-931652-X

0-19-023146-7

0-19-931651-1

OCLC:

863673948