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Losing Binh Dinh : the failure of pacification and Vietnamization, 1969-1971

Title
Losing Binh Dinh : the failure of pacification and Vietnamization, 1969-1971 / Kevin M. Boylan.
Author
Boylan, Kevin M.
Publication
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
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Description
ix, 366 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Focusing on WASHINGTON GREEN, an ambitious but flawed American-led operation, Boylan tests and ultimately challenges the "Lost Victory" argument of recent Revisionist histories of the Vietnam War. Those histories contend that domestic politics robbed the American military of a triumph it had actually already achieved when it was forced to abandon Vietnam. Taking a much closer look at pacification and Vietnamization in a key province during a pivotal period in the war, Boylan concludes that the "Lost Victory" argument is a weak one at best and clearly compromised by the particular case of Binh Dinh"--
Series Statement
Modern war studies
Uniform Title
Modern war studies.
Subject
  • United States. Army. Airborne Brigade, 173rd > History
  • United States. Army. Airborne Brigade, 173rd
  • Vietnam War (1961-1975)
  • 1961-1975
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns > Vietnam > Bình Định (Province)
  • Counterinsurgency > Vietnam > Bình Định (Province)
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Military campaigns
  • Bình Định (Vietnam : Province) > History
  • Vietnam > Bình Định (Province)
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-351) and index.
Contents
The "pacified" province -- Fast and thin -- The balance of forces -- Washington Green : phase I -- Overextension -- The red queen's race -- Slowdown -- Aftershocks -- Conclusion : triumph mistaken.
Call Number
JFE 17-1738
ISBN
  • 9780700623525
  • 0700623523
LCCN
  • 2016036373
  • 40026744330
OCLC
947149098
Author
Boylan, Kevin M., author.
Title
Losing Binh Dinh : the failure of pacification and Vietnamization, 1969-1971 / Kevin M. Boylan.
Publisher
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
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Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Modern war studies
Modern war studies.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-351) and index.
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Chronological Term
1961-1975
Other Standard Identifier
40026744330
Research Call Number
JFE 17-1738
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