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Storms over the Mekong - Major Battles of the Vietnam War (Hardcover)
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Storms over the Mekong - Major Battles of the Vietnam War (Hardcover)
Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
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From the defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam at Ap Bac to
the battles of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, and more, Storms over
the Mekong offers a reassessment of key turning points in the
Vietnam War. Award-winning historian William P. Head not only
reexamines these pivotal battles but also provides a new
interpretation on the course of the war in Southeast Asia. In
considering Operation Rolling Thunder, for example-which Head dubs
as "too much rolling and not enough thunder"-readers will grasp the
full scope of the campaign, from specifically targeted bridges in
North Vietnam to the challenges of measuring success or failure,
the domestic political situation, and how over time, Head argues,
"slowly, but surely, Rolling Thunder dug itself into a hole."
Likewise, Head shows how the battles for Saigon and Hue during the
Tet Offensive of 1968 were tactical defeats for the Communist
forces with as many as 40,000 killed and no real gains. At the same
time, however, Tet made it clear to many in Washington that victory
in Vietnam would require a still greater commitment of men and
resources, far more than the American people were willing to
invest. Storms over the Mekong is a blow-by-blow account of the key
military events, to be sure. But beyond that, it is also a measured
reconsideration of the battles and moments that Americans thought
they already knew, adding up to a new history of the Vietnam War.
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