America Takes OverFocuses on the political and military decisions behind the U.S.'s build-up of troops and equipment between 1965 and 1967. |
Contents
Chapter 1War Footing | 6 |
Commander in Chief | 28 |
Chapter 3Search and Destroy | 54 |
Copyright | |
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1st Air Cav 3rd Battalion advisers Airborne allies Ameri American troops artillery ARVN assault attack attrition base battle bombing Brigade Buddhist called Cam Ranh Bay casualties Cavalry Cedar Falls Chu Lai civilian combat command Communist Company Corps Da Nang Defense delta Division election enemy escalation fighting fire firepower Fulbright Gavin Giap grenades ground guerrillas guns Hanoi helicopter hundred Infantry infiltration IV Corps jungle killed land Lieutenant Lyndon Johnson M16 rifle MACV McNamara ment miles military mortar namese Nang Nguyen Ninh North offensive officers Operation Cedar Falls Operation Hastings operations pacification patrol percent platoon political President Johnson Province Quang Tri Regiment rifle River riverine Rusk Saigon search and destroy Senate soldiers South Vietnam Soviet strategy tactical Taylor Thieu thousand tion U.S. Army U.S. Marines Viet Vietcong Vietnamese village Walt Washington weapons Westmoreland wounded zone
References to this book
Dak To: America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands Edward Murphy Limited preview - 2008 |