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Grab their belts to fight them : the Viet Cong's big-unit war against the U.S., 1965-1966 / Warren Wilkins.
- Title
- Grab their belts to fight them : the Viet Cong's big-unit war against the U.S., 1965-1966 / Warren Wilkins.
- Author
- Wilkins, Warren.
- Publication
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DS557.7 .W546 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 283 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Unlike most books on the Vietnam War, this book draws on a wealth of Communist sources about the conflict to craft an authentic and accurate account of the conflict from the enemy perspective. It also recounts how the Communist strategy reflected the desire to crush South Vietnam quickly and decisively with their strategy of "big unit"combat, not guerrilla warfare. Detailed in the opening stanza of the Communist war against the Americans, is the formation, development, and participation of the Viet Cong, and how the ultimate failure of that war profoundly influences the decision to launch the Tet Offensive.
- Subject
- Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miè̂n nam Việt Nam > Regimental histories
- Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miè̂n nam Việt Nam
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns
- Military art and science > Vietnam (Democratic Republic) > History > 20th century
- Strategy > History > 20th century
- Vietnam (Democratic Republic) > Military policy
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Viet Cong -- Origins, infrastructure, and organization -- On the field of battle -- Generating friction -- pt. 2. The big-unit war : 1965 -- Strategic debates and decisions -- Van Tuong -- An Ninh and the Ia Drang Valley -- The B2 front -- Cong Truong 9 enters the fray -- The die is cast -- pt. 3. The big-unit war : 1966 -- An inauspicious beginning -- Winter-spring battles : region 5 -- Winter-spring battles : the B2 front -- pt. 4. Epilogue -- The big-unit war and the road to Tet -- Attitudes and adversaries.
- ISBN
- 9781591149613 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- 1591149614 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010046866
- OCLC
- 681488948
- SCSB-10848240
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library