America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975The author portrays American participation in the Vietnam War as the logical culmination of the containment policy that began under Harry Truman in the late 1940's. Also his portrayal of the complex challenge that Vietnam posed for the United States and the varied responses it evoked from American people & leaders. |
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Page 139
... enemy , " General Earle Wheeler , the Chair- man of the Joint Chiefs affirmed . " No one ever won a battle sitting on his ass . " 48 Indeed , by the summer of 1965 , even Am- bassador Taylor conceded , as he later put it , that " the ...
... enemy , " General Earle Wheeler , the Chair- man of the Joint Chiefs affirmed . " No one ever won a battle sitting on his ass . " 48 Indeed , by the summer of 1965 , even Am- bassador Taylor conceded , as he later put it , that " the ...
Page 176
... enemy morale and political effectiveness . " The South Vietnamese gov- ernment seemed no more stable than before ; pacification had " if anything , gone backward . " The air war had brought heavy costs but no results . " Ho Chi Minh is ...
... enemy morale and political effectiveness . " The South Vietnamese gov- ernment seemed no more stable than before ; pacification had " if anything , gone backward . " The air war had brought heavy costs but no results . " Ho Chi Minh is ...
Page 209
... enemy base camps . The number of B - 52 missions tripled in 1968 , and the bombs dropped on South Vietnam exceeded one million tons . In March and April , the United States and South Vietnam conducted the largest search - and - destroy ...
... enemy base camps . The number of B - 52 missions tripled in 1968 , and the bombs dropped on South Vietnam exceeded one million tons . In March and April , the United States and South Vietnam conducted the largest search - and - destroy ...
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The United States France | 1 |
NationBuilding in South | 43 |
Kennedy and Diem | 73 |
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