Vietnam : The Course of a Conflict

United States Army Command and General Staff College

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This book was published in 2018 by Army University Press, and has footnotes, a glossary, and timeline.

“Five decades after the end of the Vietnam War, the Army is still coming to grips with how the conflict affected American soldiers and the institution itself. The war challenged the US military in unexpected ways while also testing the nation’s social cohesion. The conflict evolved over time, from an advisory effort to a campaign largely characterized by conventional combat operations, often against a near peer adversary — the North Vietnamese Army. In its last years, the US Army once again took up an advisory role as it gradually returned responsibility for the war to the South Vietnamese government. The US military’s withdrawal in 1973 and North Vietnamese victory in 1975 ensured that the war’s legacy would remain fraught, for both American society and its Army.

“This collection traces the evolution of America’s involvement in Vietnam. The author of these chapters, James H. Willbanks, has devoted much of his professional life to service in and study of the conflict. As a young US Army Infantry officer, Jim served as an advisor to the South Vietnamese Army during the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive in 1972. He served 23 years in uniform, received a Doctorate in History, and after retiring from active duty, continued his service as the Director of the Department of Military History at the US Army Command and General Staff College. In 2016, he was appointed the George C. Marshall Chair of Military History at the college, the position from which he retired in 2018. Jim published 12 books on Vietnam during his career. He also published multiple article-length works on Vietnam, 11 of which appear in this volume. These chapters cover, albeit loosely, the course of the conflict, from the initial advisory effort and the buildup of conventional forces through the Tet Offensive and the ultimate decision to “Vietnamize” the war.

“Because of its broad treatment, this volume is relevant to the challenges faced by current military professionals. Its chapters offer insights on security assistance, conventional combat operations, irregular warfare, and other related subjects. While the Vietnam War is now five decades in the past, the experiences of the Soldiers who fought it can and should be used to illuminate the path ahead for today’s Army.”

Some of the topics covered in this book are: Training Indigenous Forces for Counterinsurgency: The US Experience in Vietnam; Free World Military Forces in Vietnam; Operation JUNCTION CITY; The 1968 Tet Offensive; The Battle of Hue; Intelligence Failures on Both Sides; Enemy Intelligence Indicators; Intelligence Failings on the Communist Side; CORDS/Phoenix: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Vietnam for the Future; Twin Threats: Main Forces and Guerrillas; Foundation for Successful Pacification; The Phoenix Program; Communist Testimony to Phoenix’s Success; LAM SON; The Battle of An Loc; The Fall of Saigon

Pages: 495

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: December 22, 2018

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