Withdrawal : reassessing America's final years in Vietnam

Author

Daddis, Gregory A., 1967- author.

Title

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

Format

Book

Published

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Description

xvii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: the limits of strategy in a stalemated war
• Abe's "one war": continuity in change
• Vietnamization: policy of withdrawal or strategy for "victory"?
• Pacification without peace: the travails of nation building
• Balancing a war: the coordination of force and diplomacy
• A beleaguered army at a long war's end
• From victory to defeat?: Abrams's final years
• Epilogue and conclusions: questioning "victory" in an American war.

Subject headings

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

ISBN

9780190691080 hardcover alkaline paper
0190691085 hardcover alkaline paper
9780190691103 electronic publication
0190691085
0190691107