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The American War in Vietnam: Lessons, Legacies, and Implications for Future Conflicts

Name: The American War in Vietnam: Lessons, Legacies, and Implications for Future Conflicts
Author: Lawrence E. Grinter, Peter M. Dunn
ISBN: 9780313257599

by Lawrence E. Grinter, Peter M. Dunn

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Overview

The essays in this collection were assembled to provide answers to the question of why the United States lost the war in Vietnam. They examine four major factors that affected U.S. policy: how the war was perceived, how it was fought, the possible effect of alternative strategies, and the war's legacy for future warfare. The contributors include both military officers and scholars, all but one of whom participated in the Vietnam War. All the authors reflect the more tempered nature of current Vietnam War scholarship. Although their appraisals differ, the overall effect is to offer insight and clarification into the failure of U.S. and South Vietnamese policy, backed by the Grinter's and Dunn's first-hand experiences.

Synopsis

The lessons, legacies, and implications for future conflicts are the purpose of this collection of work on The American War in Vietnam. This is an assemblage of ten superb papers which outline why America failed in Vietnam. . . . Military readers will find the section on How the War Was Fought especially interesting in that the authors suggest that had we pursued a more exhaustive air campaign against the North early in the war, then it could have been won. . . . This book is for serious students of the Vietnam War, for historians looking for a complete picture, it has a superb bibliography, and the authors have outstanding credentials. Armor

The essays in this collection were assembled to provide answers to the question of why the United States lost the war in Vietnam. They examine four major factors that affected U.S. policy: how the war was perceived, how it was fought, the possible effect of alternative strategies, and the war's legacy for future warfare. The contributors include both military officers and scholars, all but one of whom participated in the Vietnam War. All the authors reflect the more tempered nature of current Vietnam War scholarship. Although their appraisals differ, the overall effect is to offer insight and clarification into the failure of U.S. and South Vietnamese policy, backed by the Grinter's and Dunn's first-hand experiences.

About the Author, Lawrence E. Grinter, Peter M. Dunn

LAWRENCE E. GRINTER is a Professor of Asian studies at the Center for Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base.

PETER M. DUNN is a Colonel with the U.S. Air Force, and received his Ph.D from London University.