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Author Daddis, Gregory A., 1967- author.

Title Withdrawal : reassessing America's final years in Vietnam / Gregory A. Daddis.

Publisher New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

ISBN 9780190691080 (hardcover)
0190691085 (hardcover)
ISBN/ISSN/Media No. 40027466885



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Description 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: The Limits of Strategy in a Stalemated War; 1. Abe's "One War": Continuity in Change; 2. Vietnamization: Policy of Withdrawal or Strategy for "Victory"?; 3. Pacification without Peace: The Travails of Nation Building; 4. Balancing a War: The Coordination of Force and Diplomacy; 5. A Beleaguered Army at a Long War's End; 6. From Victory to Defeat?: Abrams's Final Years Epilogue and Conclusions: Questioning "Victory" in an American WarNotes; Index
Summary In a riveting sequel to his celebrated Westmoreland's War, Daddis offers a bold new interpretation of America's first lost war. Upending myths of a ""better war"" that led to victory in Vietnam, Withdrawal is required reading for anyone hoping to understand the final years of American intervention in Southeast Asia.
Audience Adult Brodart.
Subject(S) Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
Added Title Reassessing America's final years in Vietnam
ISBN 9780190691080 (hardcover)
0190691085 (hardcover)
ISBN/ISSN/Media No. 40027466885