The Vietnam War: a military history

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Wawro, Geoffrey
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"The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began. In its time it sparked budget deficits, campus protests, and an erosion of US influence around the world. Long after the last helicopter evacuated Saigon, Americans have continued to battle over whether it was ever a winnable war. Based on thousands of pages of military, diplomatic, and intelligence documents, [this book] offers a definitive account of a war of choice that was doomed from its inception. ... Wawro narrates campaigns where US troops struggled even to find the enemy in the South Vietnamese wilderness, let alone kill sufficient numbers to turn the tide in their favor. Yet the war dragged on, prolonged by presidents and military leaders who feared the political consequences of accepting defeat. In the end, no number of young lives lost or bombs dropped could prevent America's ally, the corrupt South Vietnamese regime, from collapsing the moment US troops retreated"--
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United States -- History, Military -- 20th century
United States -- Relations -- Vietnam
Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975
Vietnam -- History, Military -- 20th century
Vietnam -- Relations -- United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Political aspects -- United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States
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