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MACV : the Joint Command in the years of withdrawal, 1968-1973 / by Graham A. Cosmas.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Cosmas, Graham A.
Contributor:
Center of Military History
Series:
United States Army in Vietnam
CMH pub ; 91-7-1.
United States Army in Vietnam.
CMH pub. ; 91-7-1
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam--History.
United States.
United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Command of troops.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Peace.
Peace.
Genre:
History
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 466 pages) : illustrations.
Edition:
1st print.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2007.
Summary:
The United States Army in Vietnam is a multivolume history of the Army's involvement in the Vietnam War. The series treats a full range of topics, from combat operations and advisory efforts, to logistics, communications, and engineer endeavors. Two volumes deal with theater command. The second volume MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968-1973, describes MACV's evolution as an organization and of the command's role in making and implementing American national policy in Southeast Asia during the period of U.S. disengagement from Vietnam.
Contents:
The command and the war, January 1968
Prelude to Tet: warnings and preparations
Tet and its aftermath
General Abrams takes charge
Redeployment and Vietnamization
MACV headquarters: the drawdown
Seasons of scandal
South Vietnam: waging the one war
Across the borders: Cambodia
Across the borders: Laos and North Vietnam
The Easter offensive
The final phasedown
Conclusion: MACV in retrospect.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-442) and index.
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Cosmas, Graham A. MACV.
OCLC:
608572546
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