The Battle Of Ap Bac Vietnam

Author : Major Kevin R. Kilbride
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782896906

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Military Assistance Advisory Group-Vietnam (1954-1963): The Battle Of Ap Bac by Major Kevin R. Kilbride Pdf

The performance of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) at the Battle of Ap Bac, January 2, 1963, established a narrative that the South Vietnamese were unwilling to fight or lacked aggressiveness. At the time of the Battle of Ap Bac, the South Vietnamese had been receiving direct military aid from the US and under the tutelage of American advisors for over eight years. Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the senior US Army advisor present and remarked after the battle, “It was a miserable damn performance, just like it always is. These people won’t listen. They make the same mistake over and over again in the same way.” In the context of those comments, ARVN did not show an appreciable increase in combat effectiveness with years of direct American support. The larger narrative surrounding the battle indicates that the performance of ARVN was a harbinger for future challenges and setbacks in South Vietnam. This battle and subsequent evaluation of the ARVN attribute the cause for combat ineffectiveness was the South Vietnamese lacking leadership and not possessing the necessary fighting spirit. Is the evaluation that the outcome of the Battle of Ap Bac hinged on the ARVN’s lack of aggressiveness still valid when put in the broader cultural, social, and political context that existed at its birth?

Author : David M. Toczek
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313070174

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The Battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam by David M. Toczek Pdf

Toczek provides the first description of the entire battle of Ap Bac and places it in the larger context of the Vietnam War. The study thoroughly examines the January 1963 battle, complete with detailed supporting maps. Ironically, Ap Bac's great importance lies in American policymakers' perception of the battle as unimportant; for all their intelligence and drive, senior American government officials missed the early warning signs of a flawed policy in Southeast Asia by ignoring the lessons of the defeat of the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) on 2 January 1963. The outcome of Ap Bac was a direct reflection of how the U.S. Army organized, equipped, and trained the ARVN. With all the ARVN officer corps's shortcomings, the South Vietnamese Army could not successfully conduct an American combined arms operations against a smaller, less well-equipped enemy. American leadership, both military and civilian, failed to draw any connection between ARVN's dismal performance and American policies toward South Vietnam. Although certain tactical changes resulted from the battle, the larger issue of American policy remained unchanged, including the structure of the advisory system.

Author : Neil Sheehan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101873649

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The Battle of Ap Bac by Neil Sheehan Pdf

In the opening years of the Vietnam War, a small group of American military advisors and their South Vietnamese allies were facing down the Viet Cong. The confident Americans were there to do what seemed elementary: help the South Vietnamese army defeat a ragtag guerrilla enemy. They were assured of swift success. But one officer, John Paul Vann, saw darker omens for the future—and in the Battle of Ap Bac, the Viet Cong proved him correct. Encapsulating the great terrors, mistakes, ironies, and courageous acts of the Vietnam War, “The Battle of Ap Bac” recounts the clash in which the Viet Cong first won their spurs. It is an exciting, terrifying, fast-paced portrait of close-contact warfare in the rice paddies, the story of John Vann’s attempt to singlehandedly change the terms of battle and avoid the relentless killing grounds of Vietnam that lay ahead. A key selection from Neil Sheehan’s masterpiece, A Bright Shining Lie—which remains the preeminent history of the Vietnam War—it offers a prescient warning for current conflicts between powerful forces and underestimated foes. A Vintage Shorts Vietnam Selection. An ebook short.

Author : U.s. Army Command and General Staff College
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1500439665

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Military Assistance Advisory Group-Vietnam (1954-1963): the Battle of Ap Bac by U.s. Army Command and General Staff College Pdf

The performance of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) at the Battle of Ap Bac, January 2, 1963, established a narrative that the South Vietnamese were unwilling to fight or lacked aggressiveness. At the time of the Battle of Ap Bac, the South Vietnamese had been receiving direct military aid from the US and under the tutelage of American advisors for over eight years. Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the senior U.S. Army advisor present and remarked after the battle, "It was a miserable damn performance, just like it always is. These people won't listen. They make the same mistake over and over again in the same way.” In the context of those comments, ARVN did not show an appreciable increase in combat effectiveness with years of direct American support. The larger narrative surrounding the battle indicates that the performance of ARVN was a harbinger for future challenges and setbacks in South Vietnam. This battle and subsequent evaluation of the ARVN attribute the cause for combat ineffectiveness was the South Vietnamese lacking leadership and not possessing the necessary fighting spirit. Is the evaluation that the outcome of the Battle of Ap Bac hinged on the lack of competent and aggressive ARVN officers still valid when put in the broader cultural, social, and political context that existed at its birth?

Author : Vinh Truong
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781426987434

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Vietnam War by Vinh Truong Pdf

The author discusses the three Axioms in the dominant interpretation of the U.S.-Vietnam War that were established by the invisible permanent government right after the National Security Council meeting on September 21, 1960. They are: - There was never a legitimate non-communist government in Saigon (dissolution GVN) - The U.S. had no legitimate reason to be involved in Vietnamese affairs (Tonkin-Gulf-Incident) - The U.S. could not have won the war under any circumstances (U.S. troops honorable withdrawal) There are many reasons why the author decided to write this book, The New Legion. He felt compelled to write it for the longest time; after spending thirteen years in the Communists so-called reeducation camp. He escaped from a canal in the Mekong Delta and drifted in a rickety old boat similar to a childs toy from South Vietnam for fourteen days until he reached the nearest Pacific island, Palawan Islands, Philippines. He knew the pain that all the people who were involved suffered yet he thought that perhaps it might be best to let it become a not-so-distant memory. Now, he has finally decided to write the truth at last. It is the story of loyalty, duty, honor, and love.

Author : Hò̂ng Lĩnh Lê,Vuong-thanh-Dien,Q. S. Nguyen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Ap Bac, Battle of, Á̂p Bá̆c, Vietnam, 1963
ISBN : UOM:39015049821914

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Ap Bac (major Victories of the South Vietnamese Patriotic Forces in 1963 & 1964) by Hò̂ng Lĩnh Lê,Vuong-thanh-Dien,Q. S. Nguyen Pdf

Author : Mark Moyar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 113945921X

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Triumph Forsaken by Mark Moyar Pdf

Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken, first published in 2007, overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an infusion the only means of saving the country.

Author : Neil Sheehan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780679603801

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A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan Pdf

One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. By the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He died believing that the war had been won. In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, a renowned journalist tells the story of John Vann—"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"—and of the tragedy that destroyed a country and squandered so much of America's young manhood and resources.

Author : Ryan Rhoderick
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798762527637

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Greatest Battles for Boys by Ryan Rhoderick Pdf

Are you struggling to inspire your son to read and stay educated? Then keep reading... Maybe he would prefer to spend his time playing first-person shooter video games instead of learning? Maybe you find it hard to motivate him to sit down and read books that will educate and excite him? Or maybe he sees history as a boring and unimportant subject rather than the essential topic of information we know it to be as adults? So many books on the history of the greatest battles are littered with dull and uninteresting chapters. It's a poor choice for boys who prefer adventures and games over textbooks. Hence, Greatest Battles for Boys! Greatest Battles for Boys: The Vietnam War brings all the best battles to the boys. It is a history book that is highly educational and exceedingly engaging, and fun to read. Your son will be struggling to put this book down and texting his friends that he won't be online playing any games tonight! We all know how important our history and heritage are, and providing your kid with this knowledge at an early age will give him a head start at school, set him on the path to success, and instill in him a hunger for knowledge. Inside Greatest Battles for Boys: The Vietnam War, discover: Insight into the reasons behind the US involvement in Vietnam Pre-war events of the US Advisory and Counterinsurgency Role leading to the Combat Role, such as the Battle of Ap Bac and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident Eye-opening details about the biggest Aerial Bombardment Campaigns in military history Haunting battles, such as Dong Xoai, Ia Drang, Xuan Loc, and Hamburger Hill Revealing information about the leaders, heroes, tactics, weapons, and technology And much, much more! Grab a copy of Greatest Battles for Boys: The Vietnam War today, and give your son a history book he will ACTUALLY READ!

Author : William P. Head
Publisher : Williams-Ford Texas A&M Univer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 162349835X

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Storms Over the Mekong by William P. Head Pdf

"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. Head not only reexamines these pivotal battles but also provides a new interpretation on the course of the war in Southeast Asia. A blow-by-blow account of the key military events, 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"--

Author : Thomas A. Bass
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780786744916

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The Spy Who Loved Us by Thomas A. Bass Pdf

Pham Xuan An was a brilliant journalist and an even better spy. A friend to all the legendary reporters who covered the Vietnam War, he was an invaluable source of news and a font of wisdom on all things Vietnamese. At the same time, he was a masterful double agent. An inspired shape-shifter who kept his cover in place until the day he died, Pham Xuan An ranks as one of the preeminent spies of the twentieth century. When Thomas A. Bass set out to write the story of An’s remarkable career for The New Yorker, fresh revelations arrived daily during their freewheeling conversations, which began in 1992. But a good spy is always at work, and it was not until An’s death in 2006 that Bass was able to lift the veil from his carefully guarded story to offer up this fascinating portrait of a hidden life. A masterful history that reads like a John le Carré thriller, The Spy Who Loved Us offers a vivid portrait of journalists and spies at war.

Author : Robert K. Brigham
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700630578

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ARVN by Robert K. Brigham Pdf

Scorned by allies and enemies alike, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was one of the most maligned fighting forces in modern history. Cobbled together by U.S. advisers from the remnants of the French-inspired Vietnamese National Army, it was effectively pushed aside by the Americans in 1965. When toward the end of the war the army was compelled to reassert itself, it was too little, too late for all concerned. In this first in-depth history of the ARVN from 1955 to 1975, Robert Brigham takes readers into the barracks and training centers of the ARVN to plumb the hearts and souls of these forgotten soldiers. Through his masterly command of Vietnamese-language sources-diaries, memoirs, letters, oral interviews, and more-he explores the lives of ordinary men, focusing on troop morale and motivation within the context of traditional Vietnamese society and a regime that made impossible demands upon its soldiers. Offering keen insights into ARVN veterans' lives as both soldiers and devout kinsmen, Brigham reveals what they thought about their American allies, their Communist enemies, and their own government. He describes the conscription policy that forced these men into the army for indefinite periods with a shameful lack of training and battlefield preparation and examines how soldiers felt about barracks life in provinces far from their homes. He also explores the cultural causes of the ARVN's estrangement from the government and describes key military engagements that defined the achievements, failures, and limitations of the ARVN as a fighting force. Along the way, he explodes some of the myths about ARVN soldiers' cowardice, corruption, and lack of patriotism that have made the ARVN the scapegoat for America's defeat. Ultimately, as Brigham shows, without any real political commitment to a divided Vietnam or vision for the future, the ARVN retreated into a subnational culture that redefined the war's meaning: saving their families. His fascinating book gives us a fuller understanding not only of the Vietnam War but also of the problems associated with U.S. nation building through military intervention.

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0742560082

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The Making of a Quagmire by David Halberstam Pdf

Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account provides a riveting narrative of how the United States created a major foreign policy disaster for itself in a faraway land it knew little about. In the introduction to this edition, historian Daniel J. Singal supplies crucial background information that was unavailable in the mid-1960s when the book was written. With its numerous firsthand recollections of life in the war zone, The Making of a Quagmire penetrates to the essence of what went wrong in Vietnam. Although its focus is the Kennedy era, its analysis of the blunders and misconceptions of American military and political leaders holds true for the entire war.

Author : Edward J. Marolda,R. Blake Dunnavent,Naval History & Heritage Command (U S ),Navy Dept (U S )
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 0945274734

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Combat at Close Quarters by Edward J. Marolda,R. Blake Dunnavent,Naval History & Heritage Command (U S ),Navy Dept (U S ) Pdf

This work describes riverine combat during the Vietnam War, emphasizing the operations of the U.S. Navy’s River Patrol Force, which conducted Operation Game Warden; the U.S. Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force, the formation that General William Westmoreland said “saved the Mekong Delta” during the Tet Offensive of 1968; and the Vietnam Navy. An important section details the SEALORDS combined campaign, a determined effort by U.S. Navy, South Vietnamese Navy, and allied ground forces to cut enemy supply lines from Cambodia and disrupt operations at base areas deep in the delta. The author also covers details on the combat vessels, helicopters, weapons, and equipment employed in the Mekong Delta as well as the Vietnamese combatants (on both sides) and American troops who fought to secure Vietnam’s waterways. Special features focus on the ubiquitous river patrol boats (PBRs) and the Swift boats (PCFs), river warfare training, Vice Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., the Black Ponies aircraft squadron, and Navy SEALs. This publication may be of interest to history scholars, veterans, students in advanced placement history classes, and military enthusiasts given the continuing impact of riverine warfare on U.S. naval and military operations in the 21st century. Special Publicity Tie-In: Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War (Commemoration dates: 28 May 2012 - 11 November 2025). This is the fifth book in the series, "The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War." TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction The First Indochina War The Vietnam Navy River Force and American Advisors The U.S. Navy and the Rivers of Vietnam SEALORDS The End of the Line for U.S. and Vietnamese River Forces Sidebars: The PBR Riverine Warfare Training Battle Fleet of the Mekong Delta High Drama in the Delta Vice Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. Black Ponies The Swift Boat Warriors with Green Faces Suggested Reading

Author : Brian Fitzgerald
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1410914631

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Fighting the Vietnam War by Brian Fitzgerald Pdf

Describes the struggle between South Vietnam and its allies and charts the progress of the war that led to North Vietnam's victory and United States' defeat.