Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect |
Contents
The Vision and the Tragedy | 1 |
How Did the United States Get Involved? | 5 |
The Situation in South Vietnam Deteriorates | 27 |
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aggression air attacks air campaign Air Force air operations air power air strikes aircraft airfields armed forces armed reconnaissance assistance authorized bombing program Cambodia campaign against North cessation Chief Pacific Chiefs of Staff CINCPAC civilian Commander in Chief commitment Communist COMUSMACV continued damage decision destroy Diem effect effort enemy enemy's further Haiphong Hanoi Hanoi and Haiphong increase indicated infiltration insurgency interdiction Joint Chiefs Laos lines of communication logistics major memorandum ment negotiations North Vietnam northeast objectives offensive overall peace Pentagon Papers percent political ports President pressure Prohibited Areas proposed recommended Rolling Thunder Route Package Saigon Secretary McNamara Secretary of Defense situation sorties Southeast Asia Soviet standdown strategy supplies tactical target systems Tet offensive tion Tonkin troops U. S. Air U. S. Army U. S. forces U. S. Navy United Viet Cong Viet Minh Washington Westmoreland Wheeler William Bundy