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The War for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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The War for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Like the widely praised original, this new edition is compact,
clearly written, and accessible to the nonspecialist. First, the
book chronicles and analyzes the twenty-year struggle to maintain
South Vietnamese independence. Joes tells the story with a
sympathetic focus on South Viet Nam and is highly critical of U.S.
military strategy and tactics in fighting this war. He claims that
the fall of South Viet Nam was not inevitable, that an abrupt and
public termination of U.S. aid provoked a crisis of confidence
inside South Viet Nam that led to the debacle. Students and
scholars of military studies, South East Asia, U.S. foreign policy,
or the general reader interested in this fascinating period in 20th
century history, will find this new edition to be invaluable
reading. After discussing the principal American mistakes in the
conflict, Joes outlines a workable alternative strategy that would
have saved South Viet Nam while minimizing U.S. involvement and
casualties. He documents the enormous sacrifices made by the South
Vietnamese allies, who in proportion to population suffered forty
times the casualties the Americans did. He concludes by linking the
final conquest of South Viet Nam to an increased level of Soviet
adventurism which resulted in the invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S.
military build-up under Presidents Carter and Reagan, and the
eventual collapse of the USSR. The complicated factors involved in
the war are here offered in a consolidated, objective form,
enabling the reader to consider the implications of U.S.
experiences in South Viet Nam for future policy in other world
areas.
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