The rise and fall of an American army : U.S. ground forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973
"THE MEN WHO SACRIFICED FOR THEIR COUNTRY ARE RIGHTFULLY HERALDED ... This is an honest book'one well worth reading. ... Stanton has laid his claim to the historian's ranks by providing his reader with well-documented, interpretive assessments." 'Parameters The Vietnam War remains deep in the nation's consciousness. It is vital that we know exactly what happened there'and who made it happen. This book provides a complete account of American Army ground combat forces'who they were, how they got to the battlefield, and what they did there. Year by year, battlefield by battlefield, the narrative follows the war in extraordinary, gripping detail. Over the course of the decade, the changes in fighting and in the combat troops themselves are described and documented. The Rise and Fall of an American Army represents the first total battlefield history of Army ground forces in the Vietnam War, containing much previously unreleased archival material. It re-creates the feel of battle with dramatic precision. "Stanton's writing ... gives the reader a terrifying graphic description of combat in the many mini-environments of Vietnam." 'The New York Times "[A] MOVING, IMPORTANT BOOK." 'St. Louis Post-Dispatch From the Paperback edition
eBook, English, 2003, ©1985
1st mass market ed., Nov. 2003 View all formats and editions
Ballantine, New York, 2003, ©1985
History
1 online resource : illustrations, maps
9780307417343, 0307417344
793392176
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