Author: Erik B. Villard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Staying th Course October 1967 to September 1968
Author: Erik B. Villard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Combat Operations
Author: Erik B. Villard
Publisher: Defense Acquisition University Press
ISBN: 9780160942808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Staying the Course describes the twelve-month period when the Viet Cong and their North Vietnamese allies embarked on a new and more aggressive strategy that shook the foundations of the South Vietnamese state and forced the United States to reevaluate its military calculations in Southeast Asia.--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Defense Acquisition University Press
ISBN: 9780160942808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Staying the Course describes the twelve-month period when the Viet Cong and their North Vietnamese allies embarked on a new and more aggressive strategy that shook the foundations of the South Vietnamese state and forced the United States to reevaluate its military calculations in Southeast Asia.--Provided by publisher.
US Army Psychiatry in the Vietnam War
Author: Norman M. Camp
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160925504
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT -- OVERSTOCK SALE - Significantly reduced list price This book tells the mostly forgotten story of the accelerating mental health problems that arose among the troops sent to fight in South Vietnam, especially the morale, discipline, and heroin crisis that ultimately characterized the second half of the war. This situation was unprecedented in U.S. military history and dangerous, and reflected the fact that during the war America underwent its most divisive period since the Civil War and, as a result, the war became bitterly controversial. The author is a career Army psychiatrist who led a psychiatric unit in Vietnam. In the years following his return, he was dismayed to discover that the Army had conducted no formal review of this alarming situation, including from the standpoint of military psychiatry, and had lost or destroyed all of the pertinent clinical records. In addition to permitting a study of the psychological wounds and their treatment in Vietnam, these records would have been priceless in the treatment of the legions of veterans who presented serious adjustment problems and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. As a consequence, Dr Camp has been relentless in combing the professional, civilian, and surviving military literature--including unpublished documents--to construct a compelling narrative documenting the successes and failures of Army psychiatry and the Army leadership in Vietnam in responding to these psychiatric and behavioral challenges. The result is a book that is both scholarly and intensely personal, includes vivid case material and anecdotes from colleagues who also served there, and is replete with illustrations and correspondence. It presents the story of Vietnam in a fresh manner--through the psychiatrist's eyes, and sensibilities.
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160925504
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT -- OVERSTOCK SALE - Significantly reduced list price This book tells the mostly forgotten story of the accelerating mental health problems that arose among the troops sent to fight in South Vietnam, especially the morale, discipline, and heroin crisis that ultimately characterized the second half of the war. This situation was unprecedented in U.S. military history and dangerous, and reflected the fact that during the war America underwent its most divisive period since the Civil War and, as a result, the war became bitterly controversial. The author is a career Army psychiatrist who led a psychiatric unit in Vietnam. In the years following his return, he was dismayed to discover that the Army had conducted no formal review of this alarming situation, including from the standpoint of military psychiatry, and had lost or destroyed all of the pertinent clinical records. In addition to permitting a study of the psychological wounds and their treatment in Vietnam, these records would have been priceless in the treatment of the legions of veterans who presented serious adjustment problems and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. As a consequence, Dr Camp has been relentless in combing the professional, civilian, and surviving military literature--including unpublished documents--to construct a compelling narrative documenting the successes and failures of Army psychiatry and the Army leadership in Vietnam in responding to these psychiatric and behavioral challenges. The result is a book that is both scholarly and intensely personal, includes vivid case material and anecdotes from colleagues who also served there, and is replete with illustrations and correspondence. It presents the story of Vietnam in a fresh manner--through the psychiatrist's eyes, and sensibilities.
The War in the Northern Provinces, 1966-1968
Author: Willard Pearson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quảng Trị (Vietnam : Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quảng Trị (Vietnam : Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Combat Operations
Author: Erik B. Villard
Publisher: Department of the Army
ISBN: 9780160942792
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Heavily illustrated with a collection of full color, and black and white photos, including maps scattered throughout this historical text, the story of the US Army timeless engagement in the Vietnam War unfolds. You will learn about popular historical leaders for this wartime era including President Lyndon B. Johnson's role as Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, General William Childs Westmoreland, and popular terms, such as Tet offensive, MACV (Military Assistance Command-Vietnam), Operation Rolling Thunder, use of helicopter assault companies and aircraft fighter bombers, Operation Carentan, Viet Cong Communist peoples, key geographical locations such as Laos, Cambodia, South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese, Southeast Asia, China and Soviet Union's position during this timeframe, Communist troops, U.S. soldiers and infantry battalion troops, search and destroy operations, border control operations, clear and hold operations, and security operations to deter guerilla combat, and more. This volume, produced by the US Army, Center of Military History, is dedicated to the Vietnam War veterans and published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. High school students, community college, and university students learning about Vietnam War, their professors, Vietnam War veterans and their families, and military historians may be most interested in this easy-to-read, authoritative text. Additionally, public and academic libraries should have a copy of this rich historic component about the U.S. military's perspective as a primary source research document in their Vietnam War and historical war collections. Prospective and current ROTC and military science students may also find this document enlightening for research about the military strategic tactics during the Vietnam War. Related products: Vietnam War collection resources Click to find more products produced by the U.S. Army, Center of Military History
Publisher: Department of the Army
ISBN: 9780160942792
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Heavily illustrated with a collection of full color, and black and white photos, including maps scattered throughout this historical text, the story of the US Army timeless engagement in the Vietnam War unfolds. You will learn about popular historical leaders for this wartime era including President Lyndon B. Johnson's role as Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, General William Childs Westmoreland, and popular terms, such as Tet offensive, MACV (Military Assistance Command-Vietnam), Operation Rolling Thunder, use of helicopter assault companies and aircraft fighter bombers, Operation Carentan, Viet Cong Communist peoples, key geographical locations such as Laos, Cambodia, South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese, Southeast Asia, China and Soviet Union's position during this timeframe, Communist troops, U.S. soldiers and infantry battalion troops, search and destroy operations, border control operations, clear and hold operations, and security operations to deter guerilla combat, and more. This volume, produced by the US Army, Center of Military History, is dedicated to the Vietnam War veterans and published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. High school students, community college, and university students learning about Vietnam War, their professors, Vietnam War veterans and their families, and military historians may be most interested in this easy-to-read, authoritative text. Additionally, public and academic libraries should have a copy of this rich historic component about the U.S. military's perspective as a primary source research document in their Vietnam War and historical war collections. Prospective and current ROTC and military science students may also find this document enlightening for research about the military strategic tactics during the Vietnam War. Related products: Vietnam War collection resources Click to find more products produced by the U.S. Army, Center of Military History
The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles Of Quang Tri City And Hue [Illustrated Edition]
Author: Erik Villard
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 178289361X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
[Includes 10 maps, 5 illustrations] “This monograph focuses on the battles of Quang Tri City and Hue that took place during the 1968 Tet offensive. The offensive itself, an all-out effort by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces to overrun the major cities of South Vietnam, marked the turning point of the Vietnam War. Although the attacks were costly failures in military terms, they set the United States on a path of disengagement from the war that ultimately led to the fall of Saigon some seven years later. The battles for the two northernmost provincial capitals in South Vietnam, Quang Tri City and Hue, are particularly worth examining because the enemy regarded them as key objectives, second only to Saigon, the national capital. To a large extent, the success or failure of the offensive depended on what happened there. The battles tell us much about how the enemy prepared for the offensive, why he achieved a high degree of surprise and initial success, and why his attacks ultimately failed. The battle for Quang Tri City, a textbook example of a vertical envelopment, resulted in a quick allied victory. The fight for Hue turned into a slow, grinding campaign of attrition that lasted nearly a month before the enemy was finally defeated. Together, they offer instruction on the strengths and limitations of airmobile warfare and a primer on urban fighting in a counterinsurgency environment, subjects that continue to be a major Army interest throughout the world.”
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 178289361X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
[Includes 10 maps, 5 illustrations] “This monograph focuses on the battles of Quang Tri City and Hue that took place during the 1968 Tet offensive. The offensive itself, an all-out effort by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces to overrun the major cities of South Vietnam, marked the turning point of the Vietnam War. Although the attacks were costly failures in military terms, they set the United States on a path of disengagement from the war that ultimately led to the fall of Saigon some seven years later. The battles for the two northernmost provincial capitals in South Vietnam, Quang Tri City and Hue, are particularly worth examining because the enemy regarded them as key objectives, second only to Saigon, the national capital. To a large extent, the success or failure of the offensive depended on what happened there. The battles tell us much about how the enemy prepared for the offensive, why he achieved a high degree of surprise and initial success, and why his attacks ultimately failed. The battle for Quang Tri City, a textbook example of a vertical envelopment, resulted in a quick allied victory. The fight for Hue turned into a slow, grinding campaign of attrition that lasted nearly a month before the enemy was finally defeated. Together, they offer instruction on the strengths and limitations of airmobile warfare and a primer on urban fighting in a counterinsurgency environment, subjects that continue to be a major Army interest throughout the world.”
They Marched Into Sunlight
Author: David Maraniss
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743262557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
David Maraniss tells the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967. With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while examining questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth—issues that are as relevant today as they were decades ago. In a seamless narrative, Maraniss weaves together the stories of three very different worlds: the death and heroism of soldiers in Vietnam, the anger and anxiety of antiwar students back home, and the confusion and obfuscating behavior of officials in Washington. To understand what happens to the people in these interconnected stories is to understand America's anguish. Based on thousands of primary documents and 180 on-the-record interviews, the book describes the battles that evoked cultural and political conflicts that still reverberate.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743262557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
David Maraniss tells the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967. With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while examining questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth—issues that are as relevant today as they were decades ago. In a seamless narrative, Maraniss weaves together the stories of three very different worlds: the death and heroism of soldiers in Vietnam, the anger and anxiety of antiwar students back home, and the confusion and obfuscating behavior of officials in Washington. To understand what happens to the people in these interconnected stories is to understand America's anguish. Based on thousands of primary documents and 180 on-the-record interviews, the book describes the battles that evoked cultural and political conflicts that still reverberate.
Call Sign "Dustoff"
Author: Darrel D. Whitcomb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
"Explores the conceptualization of the initial attempts to use aircraft for evacuation, reviews its development and maturity through conflicts, and focuses on the history of the MEDEVAC post-Vietnam through Hurricane Katrina"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
"Explores the conceptualization of the initial attempts to use aircraft for evacuation, reviews its development and maturity through conflicts, and focuses on the history of the MEDEVAC post-Vietnam through Hurricane Katrina"--Provided by publisher.
A Hideous Price
Author: Peter F. Owen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780160953255
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780160953255
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Tet Offensive 1968
Author: James Arnold
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782004289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A slim, detailed volume on a key moment in the Vietnam War, featuring battlescenes, maps and archive photography. The 1968 Tet Offensive was the decisive battle for Vietnam. Masterminded by the brilliant North Vietnamese General, Vo Nguyen Giap, it was intended to trigger a general uprising in South Vietnam. However, the bloody fighting for Saigon, Hue and other cities actually resulted in a catastrophic defeat for the North. In this excellent assessment of the key battle of the Vietnam conflict, James Arnold details the plans and forces involved and explains how, despite the outcome of the battle, the American people and their leaders came to perceive the war for Vietnam as lost.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782004289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A slim, detailed volume on a key moment in the Vietnam War, featuring battlescenes, maps and archive photography. The 1968 Tet Offensive was the decisive battle for Vietnam. Masterminded by the brilliant North Vietnamese General, Vo Nguyen Giap, it was intended to trigger a general uprising in South Vietnam. However, the bloody fighting for Saigon, Hue and other cities actually resulted in a catastrophic defeat for the North. In this excellent assessment of the key battle of the Vietnam conflict, James Arnold details the plans and forces involved and explains how, despite the outcome of the battle, the American people and their leaders came to perceive the war for Vietnam as lost.