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Strategy for defeat : Vietnam in retrospect by Ulysses S. Grant Sharp is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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xx, 324 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : 22 cm Includes bibliographical references and index Vietnam: the vision and the tragedy -- How did the United States get involved? -- The situation in South Vietnam deteriorates -- The Tonkin Gulf incidents -- U.S. involvement: should it deepen? -- Rolling thunder: on the beginning -- A halt to bombing -- The concept of the creeping approach -- Bombing suspended, retreat from reality -- Off again, on again pressures: American casualties mount -- Vigorous action: why not? -- Studies, not action -- Naval operations -- The Tet pause and the Guam conference -- When we negotiate: keep the pressure on -- Increased bombing pressure: then more restrictions -- Strategy debate in Washington -- McNamara's conference in Saigon -- The Stennis hearings -- Another attempt to negotiate ... restrictions anew -- Pressure to de-escalate -- More peace feelers -- The Tet Offensive erodes U.S. peace efforts -- March 1968: the debate -- The air offensive: emasculated -- Aggression from a sanctuary: November 1968-May 1972 -- The air war against North Vietnam: on again, but limited -- The December 1972 bombing campaign against North Vietnam -- Was it peace wit

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Author
Ulysses S. Grant Sharp
Publisher
Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press
Published
1986
Language
EN
ISBN
9780891412724
Category
history
Subjects
History, Humanities
Rating
4.5 / 5 (11 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14