Westmoreland S War

Author : Lewis Sorley
Publisher : HMH
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780547518275

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Westmoreland by Lewis Sorley Pdf

“A terrific book, lively and brisk . . . a must read for anyone who tries to understand the Vietnam War.” —Thomas E. Ricks Is it possible that the riddle of America’s military failure in Vietnam has a one-word, one-man answer? Until we understand Gen. William Westmoreland, we will never know what went wrong in the Vietnam War. An Eagle Scout at fifteen, First Captain of his West Point class, Westmoreland fought in two wars and became Superintendent at West Point. Then he was chosen to lead the war effort in Vietnam for four crucial years. He proved a disaster. Unable to think creatively about unconventional warfare, Westmoreland chose an unavailing strategy, stuck to it in the face of all opposition, and stood accused of fudging the results when it mattered most. In this definitive portrait, prize-winning military historian Lewis Sorley makes a plausible case that the war could have been won were it not for General Westmoreland. An authoritative study offering tragic lessons crucial for the future of American leadership, Westmoreland is essential reading. “Eye-opening and sometimes maddening, Sorley’s Westmoreland is not to be missed.” —John Prados, author of Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945–1975

Author : Gregory Daddis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199316502

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Westmoreland's War by Gregory Daddis Pdf

This groundbreaking study offers a major reinterpretation of American strategy during the first half of the Vietnam War. Gregory A. Daddis argues senior military leaders developed a comprehensive campaign strategy, one not confined to 'attrition' of enemy forces. This innovative work is a must for a genuine understanding of the Vietnam War.

Author : Lewis Sorley
Publisher : HMH
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780547417455

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A Better War by Lewis Sorley Pdf

“A comprehensive and long-overdue examination of the immediate post–Tet offensive years [from a] first-rate historian.” —The New York Times Book Review Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was fought, but about what was achieved. Drawing from thousands of hours of previously unavailable (and still classified) tape-recorded meetings between the highest levels of the American military command in Vietnam, A Better War is an insightful, factual, and superbly documented history of these final years. Through his exclusive access to authoritative materials, award-winning historian Lewis Sorley highlights the dramatic differences in conception, conduct, and—at least for a time—results between the early and later years of the war. Among his most important findings is that while the war was being lost at the peace table and in the U.S. Congress, the soldiers were winning on the ground. Meticulously researched and movingly told, A Better War sheds new light on the Vietnam War.

Author : William Childs Westmoreland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760564041

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A Soldier Reports by William Childs Westmoreland Pdf

Author : Samuel Zaffiri
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015032585385

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Westmoreland by Samuel Zaffiri Pdf

Based on extensive interviews with Westmoreland and those involved in his life and career, this is the first full-length biography of one of the most important military leaders of our time. From his family roots in South Carolina to his role as Commander of American Forces in Vietnam and beyond, this book offers readers the complete picture of Westmoreland. Photos.

Author : Lewis Sorley
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547518268

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Westmoreland by Lewis Sorley Pdf

An analysis of the integral role of General William Westmoreland in the Vietnam War traces his prestigious background and rise to the head of the war effort, contending that his failures to understand regional complexities and his loyalty to a flawed strategy were directly responsible for the war's outcome. 35,000 first printing.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UCLA:L0072258098

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Professional Journal of the United States Army by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Pisor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393354522

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Siege of Khe Sanh: The Story of the Vietnam War's Largest Battle by Robert Pisor Pdf

A war correspondent’s masterful blow-by-blow account of the Battle of Khe Sanh, reissued with a new preface by Mark Bowden for the battle’s 50th anniversary. The six-month siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 was the largest, most intense battle of the Vietnam War. For six thousand trapped U.S. Marines, it was a nightmare; for President Johnson, an obsession. For General Westmoreland, it was to be the final vindication of technological weaponry; for General Giap, architect of the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, it was a spectacular ruse masking troops moving south for the Tet offensive. With a new introduction by Mark Bowden—best-selling author of Hu? 1968—Robert Pisor’s immersive narrative of the action at Khe Sanh is a timely reminder of the human cost of war, and a visceral portrait of Vietnam’s fiercest and most epic close-quarters battle. Readers may find the politics and the tactics of the Vietnam War, as they played out at Khe Sahn fifty years ago, echoed in our nation’s global incursions today. Robert Pisor sets forth the history, the politics, the strategies, and, above all, the desperate reality of the battle that became the turning point of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Author : Erik B. Villard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Staying th Course October 1967 to September 1968 by Erik B. Villard Pdf

Author : George Dallas Albert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036986185

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History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania by George Dallas Albert Pdf

Author : Anthony James Joes
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498503907

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Why South Vietnam Fell by Anthony James Joes Pdf

Between 1954 and 1963, President Ngo Dinh Diem, against great odds but with U.S. assistance, built a functioning South Vietnamese state. But gravely misled by American journalists in Saigon, the U.S. embassy, in league with second-tier members of the State Department, urged certain South Vietnamese generals to stage a coup against Diem, resulting in his brutal murder. Despite the instability after Diem’s murder, the South Vietnamese Army performed well during the 1968 Tet Offensive and the 1972 Easter Offensive. In proportion to population, South Vietnamese Army losses were much greater than American losses. Nevertheless, the American media ignored South Vietnamese sacrifices, and completely misrepresented the consequences of the Tet Offensive. The disastrous “peace agreement” the U.S. forced on the South Vietnamese in 1973 made continuing American support vital. But Congress began to slash aid to South Vietnam, so that its soldiers had to fight on with dwindling supplies of fuel, ammunition, and medicine. Under these circumstances, the South Vietnamese attempted to regroup their army into the provinces around Saigon, an effort that ended in disaster. The final chapter reflects on the meaning of the conflict and the tragedy that abandonment by Washington and conquest by Hanoi brought upon the South Vietnamese people. An Appendix presents a strategy for preserving a South Vietnamese state with the commitment of a relatively small number of U.S. forces.

Author : Paul Scharre
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393608991

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Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War by Paul Scharre Pdf

"The book I had been waiting for. I can't recommend it highly enough." —Bill Gates The era of autonomous weapons has arrived. Today around the globe, at least thirty nations have weapons that can search for and destroy enemy targets all on their own. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in next-generation warfare, describes these and other high tech weapons systems—from Israel’s Harpy drone to the American submarine-hunting robot ship Sea Hunter—and examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. “A smart primer to what’s to come in warfare” (Bruce Schneier), Army of None engages military history, global policy, and cutting-edge science to explore the implications of giving weapons the freedom to make life and death decisions. A former soldier himself, Scharre argues that we must embrace technology where it can make war more precise and humane, but when the choice is life or death, there is no replacement for the human heart.

Author : Richard Coulter,Thomas Barclay,Israel Uncapher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN : OCLC:48481191

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The Westmoreland Guards in the War with Mexico, 1846-1848 by Richard Coulter,Thomas Barclay,Israel Uncapher Pdf

Author : Mark Bowden
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802189240

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Hue 1968 by Mark Bowden Pdf

The author of Black Hawk Down vividly recounts a pivotal Vietnam War battle in this New York Times bestseller: “An extraordinary feat of journalism”. —Karl Marlantes, Wall Street Journal In Hue 1968, Mark Bowden presents a detailed, day-by-day reconstruction of the most critical battle of the Tet Offensive. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched attacks across South Vietnam. The lynchpin of this campaign was the capture of Hue, Vietnam’s intellectual and cultural capital. 10,000 troops descended from hidden camps and surged across the city, taking everything but two small military outposts. American commanders refused to believe the size and scope of the siege, ordering small companies of marines against thousands of entrenched enemy troops. After several futile and deadly days, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Cheatham would finally come up with a strategy to retake the city block by block, in some of the most intense urban combat since World War II. With unprecedented access to war archives in the United States and Vietnam and interviews with participants from both sides, Bowden narrates each stage of this crucial battle through multiple viewpoints. Played out over 24 days and ultimately costing 10,000 lives, the Battle of Hue was by far the bloodiest of the entire war. When it ended, the American debate was never again about winning, only about how to leave. A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in History Winner of the 2018 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Greene Award for a distinguished work of nonfiction

Author : Spencer D. Bakich
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226107851

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Success and Failure in Limited War by Spencer D. Bakich Pdf

Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. Chief among these challenges is the risk of escalation—be it in the scale, scope, cost, or duration of the conflict. In this book, Spencer D. Bakich investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions. Traditional assessments of wartime strategy focus on the relationship between the military and civilians, but Bakich argues that we must take into account the information flow patterns among top policy makers and all national security organizations. By examining the fate of American military and diplomatic strategy in four limited wars, Bakich demonstrates how not only the availability and quality of information, but also the ways in which information is gathered, managed, analyzed, and used, shape a state’s ability to wield power effectively in dynamic and complex international systems. Utilizing a range of primary and secondary source materials, Success and Failure in Limited War makes a timely case for the power of information in war, with crucial implications for international relations theory and statecraft.