The Cambodian Campaign
Subtitle: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: October 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780700614059
Subjects: Asian history: Vietnam War; Battles & campaigns; c 1960 to c 1970; Military - Strategy; History; History - Military / War; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Military; Cambodia; Military - United States; Military - Vietnam War; Campaigns; Asia - General; United States
Description: "When American and South Vietnamese forces, led by General Creighton Abrams, launched an attack into neutral Cambodia in 1970, the invasion ignited a firestorm of violent antiwar protests throughout the United States, dealing yet another blow to Nixon's troubled presidency. But, as John Shaw shows, the campaign also proved to be a major military success." "Most histories of the Vietnam War either give the Cambodian invasion short shrift or merely criticize it for its political fallout, thus neglecting one of the campaign's key dimensions. Approaching the subject from a distinctly military perspective, Shaw shows how this carefully planned and executed offensive provided essential support for Nixon's "decent interval" and "peace with honor" strategies - by eliminating North Vietnamese sanctuaries and supply bases located less than a hundred miles from Saigon and by pushing Communist troops off the Vietnamese border."--Jacket.