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Admirals under fire : the US Navy and the Vietnam War

Title
Admirals under fire : the US Navy and the Vietnam War / Edward J. Marolda ; foreword by John Lehman.
Author
Marolda, Edward J.
Publication
Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2021]

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Additional Authors
Lehman, John F.
Description
xxiii, 496 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"An examination of how America's top naval leaders-Admirals Zumwalt, Moorer, Sharp, Holloway, and Felt-dealt with the challenges of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, with a discussion of their relationships with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter and Secretaries of Defense McNamara, Laird, and Schlesinger"--
Series Statement
Peace and conflict series
Uniform Title
Peace and conflict series (Lubbock, Tex.)
Alternative Title
  • US Navy and the Vietnam War
  • U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War
Subject
  • United States. Navy > History > Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • United States. Navy > Officers > Biography
  • United States. Navy
  • 1961-1975
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Naval operations, American
  • Admirals > United States > Biography
  • Admirals
  • Armed Forces > Officers
  • Military operations, Naval > American
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Chapter 1. Steaming into the abyss -- Chapter 2. At the brink -- Chapter 3. Upping the ante -- Chapter 4. Command in crisis -- Chapter 5. Navy troubles -- Chapter 6. White knight of the delta -- Chapter 7. Fighting to retreat -- Chapter 8. Test of fire -- Chapter 9. A new broom -- Chapter 10. Revolution in the navy -- Chapter 11. Fighting Washington -- Chapter 12. The end game -- Chapter 13. Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 21-7924
ISBN
  • 9781682830895
  • 1682830896
LCCN
  • 2020053118
  • 40030730446
OCLC
1224584361
Author
Marolda, Edward J., author.
Title
Admirals under fire : the US Navy and the Vietnam War / Edward J. Marolda ; foreword by John Lehman.
Publisher
Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Peace and conflict series
Peace and conflict series (Lubbock, Tex.)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1961-1975
Added Author
Lehman, John F., writer of foreword.
Other Form:
Online version: Marolda, Edward J., 1945- Admirals under fire [Lubbock, Texas] : [Texas Tech University Press], 2021. 9781682830901 (DLC) 2020053119
Other Standard Identifier
40030730446
Research Call Number
JFE 21-7924
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