Vietnam at War: The History, 1946-1975
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0891413065 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 12 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The Professional Soldier's View" according to Alex McGrady. General Davidson had the inside track on the Vietnam War, at least from the American side, and for the American portion of the war. As he rightly notes, the war was a Vietnamese war, first against the French (with some Vietnamese fighting with the French), then against the Americans (with many Vietnamese fighting with the Americans, including the majority in the South), and finally a purely fratricidal war w. Military Insider's Perspective Richard A. Jeffries This war was doomed from the beginning. Donaldson takes us back to the period before WW II when France tried to colonize and rule a farflung oriental possession. The Chinese failed, then the French, then the Japanese, then the French again, and finally the US. I've read this book twice. Once from a historian's perspective, and the second time from a military leader's perspective. Davidson is not a historian,. A detailed analysis of the war(s) in Vietnam Chris Schaefer The book opens with an in-depth description of the little known historical figure who directed the Vietnam wars for 30 years--North Vietnamese Senior General Vo Nguyen Giap. In Giap's background and personality we first see the seeds of determination that led ultimately to the defeat of three major armies: the French, the Americans, and the Army of South Vietnam.The wars are presented from a factual, and tho
military perspective on the war. Ultimately, however, his work is a story of North Vietnam's strategic victory. This deserves to be widely read as a counterpoint to Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: a history ( LJ 10/1/83) and Harry Summers, Jr.'s On Strategy (GPO, 1981). From Library Journal An outstanding operational history of three Indochina warsthe French, 1946-54, the American, 1964-72, and the Vietnamese, 1973-75this is also a presentation of the orthodox U.S. Davidson was chief of military intelligence in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. . Dennis Showalter, Colorado Coll., Colorado SpringsCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Davidson blames U.S. defeat on its failure to utilize its military superiority to end the war quickly; on the steady erosion of America's will; and on the continuing inefficiency of South Vietnam's government and armed forces
Publisher: Presidio Pr.