MACV

by Cosmas, Graham

• ISBN13: 9780160771187
• ISBN10: 0160771188
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-18
• Publisher: United States Govt Printing Office

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. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

The Command and the War, January 1968	p. 3
Command, Forces, and Allies	p. 3
The Enemy and the War	p. 12
A Shifting Policy	p. 17
Prelude to Tet: Warnings and Preparations	p. 23
The Enemy Plans an Offensive	p. 24
Warnings and Preparations	p. 29
Command Problems in I Corps	p. 41
Final Preliminaries	p. 48
How Much of a Surprise?	p. 56
Tet and Its Aftermath	p. 59
Regaining Control	p. 61
I Corps: MACV Versus the Marines	p. 71
Losing the Battle of Perceptions	p. 84
Reinforcement Request and Policy Decision	p. 88
A War Lost in the Mind	p. 103
General Abrams Takes Charge	p. 105
General Westmoreland Departs	p. 105
Continuing the Fight	p. 109
Building Up the RVNAF	p. 121
The Paris Talks and the Bombing Halt	p. 124
"One War": The Abrams Approach	p. 128
Redeployment and Vietnamization	p. 141
Nixon Sets His Course	p. 141
Redeployment Planning Begins: NSSM 36	p. 145
Raising the Stakes in Vietnamization	p. 156
Redeployment Accelerates	p. 159
Implementing the Withdrawals	p. 170
A Rear Guard Action	p. 179
MACV Headquarters: The Drawdown	p. 181
Command Relationships under Abrams	p. 181
Changes in MACV Headquarters	p. 198
MACV Intelligence: A Mature Capability	p. 204
Reducing the Command Structure	p. 208
Seasons of Scandal	p. 217
MACV and the Media: A Breakdown of Relations	p. 217
Scandals Proliferate	p. 220
The Impact of My Lai	p. 224
Race, Drugs, and Discipline	p. 232
South Vietnam: Waging the One War	p. 241
The Enemy Returns to Protracted War	p. 241
A Change of Mission for MACV	p. 244
Military Operations, 1969-1971	p. 254
Pacification	p. 264
A Self-Defending South Vietnam?	p. 270
An Appearance of Success	p. 278
Across the Borders: Cambodia	p. 279
The Situation in Early 1969	p. 279
Menu and Pruning Knife	p. 283
Into Cambodia	p. 293
Aiding the Cambodians	p. 304
Cambodia Balance Sheet	p. 309
Across the Borders: Laos and North Vietnam	p. 311
More Bombs over Laos, 1969-1970	p. 311
"Protective Reaction" over North Vietnam	p. 316
The 1971 Dry Season Offensive	p. 320
Cross-Border Operations Continue	p. 340
The Easter Offensive	p. 345
A War in the Balance	p. 345
Bracing for the Blow	p. 347
Attack and Counterattack	p. 356
Redeployments and Reorganization	p. 371
The Blow Parried	p. 377
The Final Phasedown	p. 381
Peace Nearly at Hand	p. 381
Preparing for a Cease-Fire	p. 384
The Final Drawdown	p. 393
Epilogue: The Fall of a Nation	p. 401
Conclusion: MACV in Retrospect	p. 409
The Strategy	p. 410
The Generals	p. 411
Command and Control	p. 414
The South Vietnamese	p. 419
Final Judgments	p. 422
Bibliographical Note	p. 429
Glossary	p. 443
Index	p. 447
Table
U.S. Troop Redeployments	p. 178
Charts
Organization of MACV Headquarters, 1967	p. 8
Proposed VAC Headquarters Organization, 23 August 1971	p. 213
Maps
Indochina: 1968	p. 9
Tet Offensive: 1968	p. 60
Cambodian Incursion: May-June 1970	p. 299
Lam Son 719: February 1971	p. 325
Easter Offensive: March-May 1972	p. 359
Illustrations
General Westmoreland Greets Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker on Arrival in Saigon, July 1967	p. 4
Secretary of Defense McNamara Briefs the Press	p. 5
General Earle G. Wheeler	p. 6
Aerial View of MACV Headquarters at Tan Son Nhut	p. 7
Viet Cong Troops Equip Themselves with AK47 Assault Rifles and U.S.-type Radios	p. 13
President Johnson and His Advisers at the White House	p. 19
North Vietnamese Communist Leaders and Government Officials Arrive for an Official Visit in Peking	p. 26
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