Research Catalog

Title

MACV : the Joint Command in the years of withdrawal, 1968-1973 / by Graham A. Cosmas.

Author

Cosmas, Graham A.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. , 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Center of Military History

Description

xx, 466 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

The United States Army in Vietnam is a multivolume history of the Army's involvement in the Vietnam War. The series treats a full range of topics, from combat operations and advisory efforts, to logistics, communications, and engineer endeavors. Two volumes deal with theater command. The second volume MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968-1973, describes MACV's evolution as an organization and of the command's role in making and implementing American national policy in Southeast Asia during the period of U.S. disengagement from Vietnam.

Series Statement

United States Army in Vietnam

Uniform Title

United States Army in Vietnam

Subject

• United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam > History
• 1961-1975
• Geschichte 1962-1967
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States
• Command of troops
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Peace

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "CMH pub. 91-7."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-442) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The command and the war, January 1968 -- Prelude to Tet: warnings and preparations -- Tet and its aftermath -- General Abrams takes charge -- Redeployment and Vietnamization -- MACV headquarters: the drawdown -- Seasons of scandal -- South Vietnam: waging the one war -- Across the borders: Cambodia -- Across the borders: Laos and North Vietnam -- The Easter offensive -- The final phasedown -- Conclusion: MACV in retrospect.

ISBN

9780160771187 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2007022084

OCLC

• 145378604
• SCSB-10802553

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library