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Review: On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam WarUser Review - Fred - GoodreadsStarted out so strong and interesting and after a while I felt a little like the author was repeating the same thoughts over and over and just changing up how he presented them in each new chapter. It ... Read full review Review: On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam WarUser Review - Mike Hankins - GoodreadsThis book, like many war books, is more interesting as an artifact of historiography than it is as actual history. It's important to read it, only because so many other people have read it and it ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrases82nd Congress achieve action advisors aggression analysis Army War College ARVN attack battle battlefield Bernard Brodie bombing chapter Chiefs of Staff China Chinese civilian Clausewitz Colonel combat power committed Communist conduct counterinsurgency critical decision declaration defeat destroy doctrine Dung Economy of Force effect effort enemy enemy's armed forces failure Field Manual Field Service Regulations fighting guerrilla Hanoi Ibid initiative intervention involved Joint Chiefs Kissinger Korea leaders limited MacArthur major Maneuver mass means ment mese military force military objective military strategy mission mobilize National Security North Vietnamese North Vietnamese Army nuclear operations Palmer people's political objectives President Johnson principle problem responsibility Saigon Schandler Secretary of Defense Senate soldiers South Vietnam Soviet Union strategic and tactical strategic defensive tactical offensive tary task tegic theory troops U.S. Army U.S. military United Unity of Command USGPO victory Viet Cong warfare Washington weapons Westmoreland Weyand World York References to this bookFrom other books
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