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by Gregory Daddis

ISBN: 0199316503
Author: Gregory Daddis
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (January 15, 2014)
Language: English
Pages: 280
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Westmoreland's War is truly a remarkable achievement. Daddis has vividly captured the complexities of Westmoreland's Vietnam strategy and the difficulties the .

Westmoreland's War is truly a remarkable achievement. military escalation in Vietnam. -Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College. In Westmoreland's War, one of the best historians of the Vietnam conflict deftly challenges a deeply encrusted cliché-that the .

Westmoreland's War book. In a groundbreaking reassessment of American military strategy in Vietnam, Gregory Daddis overturns conventional wisdom and shows how Westmoreland did indeed develop a comprehensive campaign which included counterinsurgency, civic action, and the importance of gaining political support from the South Vietnamese population. Exploring the realities of a large, yet not wholly unconventional environment, Daddis reinterprets the complex political and military battlefields of Vietnam.

бесплатно, без регистрации и без смс. General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of attrition in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmorelands strategy placed a premium on high body counts through a bi. .

Army failed in Vietnam because of Westmorelands misguided and narrow strategy In a groundbreaking reassessment of American military strategy in Vietnam, Gregory Daddis overturns conventional wisdom and shows how Westmoreland did indeed develop a comprehensive.

In a groundbreaking reassessment of American military strategy in Vietnam, Gregory Daddis overturns conventional wisdom and shows how Westmoreland did indeed develop a comprehensive campaign which included counterinsurgency, civic action, and the importance of gaining political support from the South Vietnamese population.

Westmoreland's War : Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam. by Gregory A. Daddis.

Westmoreland's War. Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam. An original and major reinterpretation of American strategy during the Vietnam War which totally reconsiders the generalship of William Westmoreland and offers a more balanced picture of the US Army in Vietnam. The book's thesis that US strategy was more than just 'attrition' confronts decades' worth of historical narratives which argue we lost in Vietnam due to bad leadership and an incorrect strategy. Westmoreland's War.

Daddis convincingly argues that the entire US effort in South Vietnam was incapable of reversing the downward .

Daddis convincingly argues that the entire US effort in South Vietnam was incapable of reversing the downward trends of a complicated Vietnamese conflict that by 1968 had turned into a political-military stalemate. Despite a new articulation of strategy, Abrams's approach could not materially alter a war no longer vital to US national security or global dominance. In a riveting sequel to his celebrated Westmoreland's War, Daddis demonstrates he is one of the nation's leading scholars on the Vietnam War. Withdrawal will be a standard work for years to come.

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General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high "body counts" through a "big unit war" that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. Many believe the U.S. Army failed in Vietnam because of Westmoreland's misguided and narrow strategyIn a groundbreaking reassessment of American military strategy in Vietnam, Gregory Daddis overturns conventional wisdom and shows how Westmoreland did indeed develop a comprehensive campaign which included counterinsurgency, civic action, and the importance of gaining political support from the South Vietnamese population. Exploring the realities of a large, yet not wholly unconventional environment, Daddis reinterprets the complex political and military battlefields of Vietnam. Without searching for blame, he analyzes how American civil and military leaders developed strategy and how Westmoreland attempted to implement a sweeping strategic vision.Westmoreland's War is a landmark reinterpretation of one of America's most divisive wars, outlining the multiple, interconnected aspects of American military strategy in Vietnam-combat operations, pacification, nation building, and the training of the South Vietnamese armed forces. Daddis offers a critical reassessment of one of the defining moments in American history.

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Cerekelv

This book is largely a counter to Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam, by Lewis Sorley. Sorley places the onus on Westmoreland for the Vietnam failure while denigrating him as a parade ground soldier of modest intellectual means who didn't understand the war. This short volume (183 substantive pages) provides some balance to the issue reminding readers that Westmoreland did have a necessary grasp of the nature of insurgency warfare, but was hampered by political micromanagement from Washington and an inept Vietnamese government. If one wants to better understand Vietnam, I recommend classics like Street Without Joy by Bernard Fall, which addresses the problems encountered by the French, The Making of a Quagmire by David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan's A Bright Shining Lie.

Nayatol

Finished this book the other night and must say this book leaves no question that the blame for the war is not just with one person. Easy to read and follow along with. Miltary evolved with the combat tactics of the enemy but as in many cases you can have the right strategy and tactics but the military cannot sove all the problem. After reading I came to understand the complex warfare that vietnam presented as a challenge to the military. Many good choices and many wrong choices were made in this conflict.

Kefrannan

Great read. Very well written.

Yalone

The author is a true expert. Westmoreland was a good leader in a bad war.

Skyway

As Monty Python would say, " Now for something completely different!". That is what this book is; a different tale of the Vietnam War. The author Gregory Daddis wrote a history like no other. It looks at an angle of the war no other book has looked at. He in the process of telling his story dispels several old explanations of the war. You will view the war differently after reading this book.

The book is a book really for the military professional. It isn't a tale of company after company slugging their way across rice patties. The author analysis how Westmoreland's policy came about. This is an excellent angle. You see the system created the policy as much as Westmoreland. One example of this is in the late 50s as much as 20% of Army officers were serving as advisors. Then as the book develops you see how Westmoreland tried to do things right. However getting his ideas implemented was something else. The theory of the MACV conference room somehow did not make it out to the rice patty. That is what Westmoreland had to wrestle with. Issues like how you measure success, how do you make operational and tactical sense of the big picture strategic picture. Things like body counts slip into the lexicon as almost by accident. Other issues like Asian culture, South Vietnam corruption further complicates things.

This book will really only appeal to the die hard or the military professional. That is why I did not give it five stars. I think anyone who reads this will find the issues they wrestle with then are the same issues people wrestle with in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. His last chapter really makes that clear. You see the difficulty of using military means to solve in a counterinsurgency what is a political problem.

Qusicam

Important work.

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Excellent service anb price.

Thozius

From one who was there: While Westmoreland, as any general officer, made errors, he was handed a nearly impossible task, given the unprecedented complexities and intricacies of strategy and tactics employed, further irretrievably complicated by flawed intervention by the administration. Given the contemporary realities of our engagements in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, we have taken few lessons taught us in Vietnam. God bless our military, who continue to gallantly and bravely serve in circumstances which most Americans will never witness. This book, I believe, goes far in setting the record straight.

Very good unbiased discussion on an important subject.

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