Contributions

  • Cragg, Dan. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas

Language

English

Word Count

88,500 words, Guess

Page Count

354 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101603440593
  • ISBN-139781603440592
  • Goodreads6048592
  • LibraryThing852660
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008004351
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  • OCLC Control Number191846968
  • Better World Books9781603440592
  • Better World BooksP8-CBL-474
  • Open LibraryOL16475117M

Classifications

  • DDC959.704/331
  • LCCDS558.5 .L36 2008
  • LCCDS558.5.L36 2008

Description

"America and her allies believed that manpower, firepower, logistics, and technology were sufficient to guarantee victory in Vietnam. This book describes how the communists placed their trust in the oldest and most reliable tool of warfare: the individual soldier. The authors, with their six-and-a-half years' combined experience on the ground in Vietnam, bring to this absorbing volume a personal observation, accuracy, and honesty that is denied those who never smelled gunpowder or suffered the hardships of the soldier's life. Using interviews, personal diaries and letters, documents captured on the battlefield, and the latest revelations of the government of Vietnam, the authors show why the communist Vietnamese were able to finally seize all of Vietnam." "Comments from American generals and soldiers round out this exhaustive portrait of the enemy. Finally, the sad aftermath of the Vietnam War is presented, showing that the communists may have won the war, but, tragically, never achieved peace for their beleaguered nation."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

VietnamHistoryVietnam War, 1961-1975Vietnam. Quân đội nhân dânVietnam. Quân dội nhân dânVietnam (Democratic Republic)Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975

Other Editions

  • Inside the VC and the NVA: the real story of North Vietnam's armed forcesTexas A&M University Press2008-01-01

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