From May 1st, 1950, the day President Truman authorized the first U.S. military assistance to Indochina, to April 30th, 1975, the day Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese regime, America was engaged in the longest conflict in its history. This is the story of what went wrong. Bruce Palmer was the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1973. His insights into the key events and decisions that shaped America's military role in Vietnam are uncommonly perceptive. In this penetrating work, he not only presents an insider's history of the war, but also gives an astute critique of America's military strengths and weaknesses. This book is certain to become a standard reference for anyone seriously interested in how America lost the Vietnam war.
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"A short, fact-filled and thoughtful book. Palmer manages to keep a balance that will prove helpful to the scholar, the soldier, and the man in the street." -- American Historical Review
"This book is a page-turner.... It may even be an understatement to say that this is probably the most complete and useful after-action report written by any American military commander in this Nation's 208-year history." -- Armed Forces Journal
"Perhaps the best single account of the Vietnam War by a military man.... A tough, dispassionate, common-sense analysis of America's military role in Vietnam." -- Baltimore Sun
"Palmer writes with a clarity and candor remarkable in any military memoir, offering severe (but not rancorous) judgments on himself and his colleagues.... This book will stand as the indispensable resource for students of the war and the American defense establishment that has survived it." -- New York Times Book Review
"A senior military commander's honest, unsentimental account of the Vietnam war." -- Wall Street Journal
"If you read only one book about Vietnam, this should be it." -- Washingtonian
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.About the Author
In Vietnam, four-star general Bruce Palmer Jr. (1913–2000) commanded Field Force II and later was deputy to General William Westmoreland. From 1968 to 1973 he was Vice Chief of Staff and for a time was Acting Chief of Staff, U.S. Army.
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The period 1963-65 was one of the most tumultuous times for the United States in all its history, for these years saw American military power committed to a war in Indochina which was to divide Americans to a degree unprecedented since the Civil War a hundred years before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unified commanders, advisory effort, operational chain, enemy buildup, ground combat forces, dry monsoon, air interdiction, logistic effort, wet monsoon, tactical air support, tactical zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Vietnam, United States, Air Force, North Vietnam, Viet Cong, Southeast Asia, White House, General Westmoreland, President Johnson, Central Highlands, President Thieu, Bien Hoa, Marine Corps, World War, General Abrams, President Nixon, Department of Defense, General Johnson, Republic of Vietnam, Ambassador Bunker, Free World, Korean War, Admiral Moorer, Joint General Staff, Airborne Division New!
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The period 1963-65 was one of the most tumultuous times for the United States in all its history, for these years saw American military power committed to a war in Indochina which was to divide Americans to a degree unprecedented since the Civil War a hundred years before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unified commanders, advisory effort, operational chain, enemy buildup, ground combat forces, dry monsoon, air interdiction, logistic effort, wet monsoon, tactical air support, tactical zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Vietnam, United States, Air Force, North Vietnam, Viet Cong, Southeast Asia, White House, General Westmoreland, President Johnson, Central Highlands, President Thieu, Bien Hoa, Marine Corps, World War, General Abrams, President Nixon, Department of Defense, General Johnson, Republic of Vietnam, Ambassador Bunker, Free World, Korean War, Admiral Moorer, Joint General Staff, Airborne Division New!
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- A Soldier Reports by William C. Westmoreland on 7 pages
- Swords And Plowshares (Da Capo Paperback) by General Maxwell D. Taylor on 4 pages
- Years of Upheaval by Henry Kissinger in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Final Collapse, The by General Cao Van Vien in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- America in Vietnam by Guenter Lewy on page 86, and Back Matter
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