The Vietnam War
Subtitle: an assessment by South Vietnam's generals
By: edited, and with introductory and concluding essays, by Lewis Sorley
Series: Modern Southeast Asia series
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 944
ISBN-13: 9780896726437
Description: "Collects seventeen essays by top military leaders of South Vietnam, composed shortly after the end of the Vietnam War. Covers a wide range of topics to present a remarkably candid and self-critical assessment of the war. Contains an introduction and epilogue by Lewis Sorley"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The RVNAF / Lieutenant General Dong Van Khuyen; title: Strategy and tactics / Colonel Hoang Ngoc Lung; title: RVNAF and US operational cooperation and coordination / Lieutenant General Ngo Quang Truong; title: Territorial forces / Lieutenant General Ngo Quang Truong; title: Pacification / Brigadier General Tran Dinh Tho; title: Leadership / General Cao Van Vien; title: Intelligence / Colonel Hoang Ngoc Lung; title: RVNAF logistics / Lieutenant General Dong Van Khuyen; title: The general offensives of 1968-1969 / Colonel Hoang Ngoc Lung; title: The Cambodian incursion / Brigadier General Tran Dinh Tho; title: Lam Son 719 / Major General Nguyen Duy Hinh; title: The Easter Offensive of 1972 / Lieutenant General Ngo Quang Truong; title: The US advisor / General Cao Van Vien, Lieutenant General Ngo Quang Truong, Lieutenant General Dong Van Khuyen, Major General Nguyen Duy Hinh, Brigadier General Tran Dinh Tho, Colonel Hoang Ngoc Lung, and Lieutenant Colonel Chu Xuan Vien; title: The South Vietnamese society / Major General Nguyen Duy Hinh and Brigadier General Tran Dinh Tho; title: Vietnamization and the cease-fire / Major General Nguyen Duy Hinh; title: The final collapse / General Cao Van Vien; title: Reflections on the Vietnam War / General Cao Van Vien and Lieutenant General Dong Van Khuyen; title: Epilogue; title: Glossary.