Combat operations : staying the course, October 1967 to September 1968
Title:
Combat operations : staying the course, October 1967 to September 1968
Author:
Villard, Erik B., author.
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Edition:
First printing.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2017.
Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office
Physical Description:
xxv, 748 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
Summary:
Staying the Course describes the twelve-month period when the Viet Cong and their North Vietnamese allies embarked on a new and more aggressive strategy that shook the foundations of the South Vietnamese state and forced the United States to reevaluate its military calculations in Southeast Asia.--Provided by publisher.
General Note:
Shipping list no.: 2018-0104-P.
"PIN : 202298-000"--page 4 of cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
A question of momentum -- Opening moves: Battles north and west of Saigon -- Protecting the Heartland -- Operations in the Mekong Delta -- Across the Central Highlands -- Defending the Central Coast -- Reinforcing I Corps -- The gathering storm -- Tet unleashed -- Saigon embattled -- Mekong firestorm -- Fighting in the Northern Provinces -- Reverberations -- The allies strike back -- To Khe Sanh and the A Shau -- The general offensive renewed -- Mini-Tet in Saigon -- A summer of attrition -- Thwarting the third wave -- An evolving war.
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ISBN:
9780160942792
9780160942808
Format :
Book
