This book focuses on the three prongs of the naval trident that
President Nixon wielded during the final years of the Vietnam War:
naval air power, naval bombardment, and mine warfare. For much of
this period, Navy aircraft sought to hamper the flow of supplies
down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos-a huge investment in air power
resources that ultimately proved fruitless. After North Vietnam's
invasion of the South in 1972, however, Navy tactical aviation, as
well as naval bombardment, proved critical not only in blunting the
offensive but also in persuading North Vietnam to arrive at a peace
agreement in Paris in 1973. For the first time in the war, the Navy
was also authorized to close Haiphong Harbor and North Vietnam's
other ports with naval mines-an operation that still stands out as
a textbook example of how mine warfare can inflict a major economic
and psychological blow on the enemy with minimal casualties for
either side. Thus, naval power was indispensible to ending
America's longest war.
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