American Strategy in Vietnam A Critical Analysis

by Summers, Harry G

• ISBN13: 9780486454542
• ISBN10: 0486454541
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-02
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Summer's inspired analysis of America's war in Vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before Robert McNamara's painful admissions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xii
Introduction Tactical Victory, Strategic Defeat	p. 1
Notes	p. 7
the Environment	p. 9
the National Will: the People	p. 11
Notes	p. 19
The National Will: The Congress	p. 21
Friction: The People	p. 33
Friction: The Bureaucracy	p. 42
Friction: The Danger	p. 53
Notes	p. 69
Friction: The Dogma	p. 71
the Engagement	p. 81
Tactics, Grand Tactics, and Strategy	p. 83
Notes	p. 91
The Objective	p. 93
The Offensive	p. 108
Mass, Economy of Force, and Maneuver	p. 127
Unity of Command	p. 141
Security and Surprise	p. 157
Simplicity	p. 159
Coalition Warfare	p. 165
Epilogue to Provide for the Common Defense	p. 181
Notes	p. 194
Appendix the Principles of War and the Operational Dimension	p. 196
Selected Bibliography	p. 207
Index	p. 218
Biographical Note	p. 225
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