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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Shelby L Stanton |
ISBN: | 089141827X 9780891418276 |
OCLC Number: | 54100115 |
Description: | xv, 423 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, portraits, photographs ; 18 cm |
Contents: | Advisors and Special Forces -- An army girds for battle -- Marines at war -- An army goes to war -- The build-up -- The area war -- The central front -- The northern front -- The year of the big battles -- Battle for Saigon approaches -- Battle for the Highlands -- Holding the line --Battle for the coast -- Year of crises -- The Battles of Tet-68 -- Siege and breakthrough -- Counteroffensive -- One war -- One war in the northern provinces -- One war in the southern provinces -- A changing war -- An army departs the war. |
Other Titles: | United States ground forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973 |
Responsibility: | Shelby L. Stanton. |
Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
More praise for The Rise and Fall of an American Army"Stanton captures vividly . . . the ferocity of the fighting. At times, his descriptions make you think he's writing about the bloody front in World War I . . . . [This book] provides fresh confirmation that . . . in battle after battle, American troops fought with incredible courage."-The American Spectator"Stanton has written by far the best book yet published about U.S. soldiers and marines in combat in Vietnam. . . . His word pictures of the violent encounters of that war are clear, evocative and authentic."-GEN. WILLIAM E. DEPUY ARMY magazine"A lasting tribute to the men who fought and died in Vietnam. Those who served there-and those who would understand those who served there-owe [Stanton] an enormous debut of gratitude."-COL. HARRY SUMMER from the foreword"This is one of those books every infantryman should own."-Infantry magazine Read more...

