On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam WarSummer's inspired analysis of America's war in Vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before Robert McNamara's painful admissions. |
Contents
Tactical Victory Strategic Defeat | 1 |
The Environment | 9 |
The People | 11 |
The Congress | 21 |
The People | 33 |
The Bureaucracy | 42 |
The Danger | 53 |
The Doctrine | 63 |
The Offensive | 108 |
Mass Economy of Force and Maneuver | 127 |
Unity of Command | 141 |
Security and Surprise | 151 |
Simplicity | 159 |
Coalition Warfare | 165 |
Epilogue | 181 |
Appendix | 196 |
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