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The Lessons of Vietnam
- Title
- The Lessons of Vietnam / edited by W. Scott Thompson & Donaldson D. Frizzell.
- Publication
- New York : Crane, Russak, ©1977.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS557.7.L47 1977 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- xi, 288 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : maps; 24 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Congress
- Congresses.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Congresses (form)
- Actes de congrès.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The evolution of national security policy and the Vietnam War / Paul H. Nitze -- American goals in Vietnam / William C. Westmoreland -- Discussion / Uri Ra'anan, Robert Thompson, and Barry Zorthian -- Quantitative analysis in a war without fronts / Thomas C. Thayer -- Contradictions in military culture / Edward Lansdale -- Thoughts on Vietnam / S.L.A. Marshall -- A military war of attrition / William C. Westmoreland -- The strategy of attrition / Donaldson D. Frizzell -- Discussion / Robert Komer, Edward Lansdale, Edmund Gulllion, Barry Zorthian, Francis West, Robert Thompson -- We could not win the war of attrition we tried to fight / Thomas C. Thayer -- Discussion / Francis West -- Rear bases and sanctuaries. Discussion / Robert Komer and Robert Thompson -- Psychological factors. Discussion / Barry Zorthian, Robert Komer, Fred Raymond, Stephen Young, Edward Lansdale, Allan Cameron, Uri Ra'anan, Francis Galbraith, Robert Thompson, Earl Ravenal, and Edmund Gullion -- Air power : mixed results in the early years : introduction / Edward Lansdale -- Dissatisfaction with the air war / Donaldson D. Frizzell -- Discussion / Donaldson Frizzell, George Keegan, Robert Komer, Robert Thompson, and Allan Goodman -- The impact of the air effort probably outweighed many of its benefits / Thomas C. Thayer -- Air power and negotiation in 1972 / Donaldson D. Frizzell -- Tactics and technology. Discussion / Stephen Young, Ray Franklin, Francis West, Robert Komer, Robert Thompson, George Keegan, Robert Sansom, and Jerrold Milsted -- Problems of force management. Discussion / George Keegan, Henry Cabot Lodge, Robert Komer, Donald Marshall, Robert Sansom, Barry Zorthian, and Ithiel Pool -- Monitoring the war-computer versus 'art forms' / Thomas C. Thayer -- Discussion / George Keegan, Thomas Thayer, Edward Lansdale, Robert Komer, Stephen Young, Robert Sansom, and Arthur Smithies -- "Costing" the Vietnam War. Discussion / Paul Nitze, Elmo Zumwalt, George Keegan, Jeffrey Kemp, Robert Thompson, Earl Ravenal, Arthur Smithies, Donald Marshall, and Edward Lansdale -- The American style of war made it costly / Thomas C. Thayer -- Was there another way? / Robert Komer -- Discussion / Stephen Young, Allan Goodman, Robert Komer, and Henry Cabot Lodge -- On pacification / Thomas C. Thayer -- Vietnamization and the territorial forces. Discussion / Edmund Gullion, Edward Lansdale, Robert Thompson, Robert Sansom, George Keegan, and Elmo Zumwalt -- The Special Forces and the CIDG program / Robert Rheault -- Territorial forces / Thomas C. Thayer -- Was failure inevitable? Some concluding perspectives. Discussion / Earl Ravenal, Robert Komer, Ithiel Pool, and Robert Pfaltzgraff -- Afterword / W. Scott Thompson and Donaldson D. Frizzell.
- ISBN
- 084480973X
- 9780844809731
- LCCN
- 76020281
- OCLC
- ocm02847647
- 2847647
- SCSB-14477564
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library