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Powerful and Brutal Weapons : Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (417 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674027091
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Powerful and Brutal WeaponsDDC classification:
  • 959.704/348
LOC classification:
  • DS557
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps -- Abbreviations Used in the Text -- Introduction -- 1. Nixon'sWar -- 2. The Politburo's Strategic Calculus -- 3. The NVA Prepares -- 4. Commando Hunt VII -- 5. The Initial Surges -- 6. Nixon Takes Charge -- 7. The Forces Flow Forward -- 8. B-52s over the North -- 9. Attack in the Highlands -- 10. The Fall of Quang Tri -- 11. The Path to Linebacker -- 12. Closing the Ports -- 13. Linebacker Planning and Direction -- 14. The Initial Strikes -- 15. The DRV Responds -- 16. Nixon Triumphant -- 17. The Siege of An Loc -- 18. The Defense of Hue -- 19. The Center Holds -- 20. Stalemate at the My Chanh River -- 21. Reactive Adversaries -- 22. The View from Hanoi -- 23. "One of Those Days" -- 24. Toward the Peace Path -- Conclusion -- Weapons and Tactics -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: As America confronts an unpredictable war in Iraq, Randolph returns to an earlier conflict that severely tested our civilian and military leaders. In 1972, America sought to withdraw from Vietnam with its credibility intact, with Nixon and Kissinger hoping that gains on the battlefield would strengthen their position at the negotiating table.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps -- Abbreviations Used in the Text -- Introduction -- 1. Nixon'sWar -- 2. The Politburo's Strategic Calculus -- 3. The NVA Prepares -- 4. Commando Hunt VII -- 5. The Initial Surges -- 6. Nixon Takes Charge -- 7. The Forces Flow Forward -- 8. B-52s over the North -- 9. Attack in the Highlands -- 10. The Fall of Quang Tri -- 11. The Path to Linebacker -- 12. Closing the Ports -- 13. Linebacker Planning and Direction -- 14. The Initial Strikes -- 15. The DRV Responds -- 16. Nixon Triumphant -- 17. The Siege of An Loc -- 18. The Defense of Hue -- 19. The Center Holds -- 20. Stalemate at the My Chanh River -- 21. Reactive Adversaries -- 22. The View from Hanoi -- 23. "One of Those Days" -- 24. Toward the Peace Path -- Conclusion -- Weapons and Tactics -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

As America confronts an unpredictable war in Iraq, Randolph returns to an earlier conflict that severely tested our civilian and military leaders. In 1972, America sought to withdraw from Vietnam with its credibility intact, with Nixon and Kissinger hoping that gains on the battlefield would strengthen their position at the negotiating table.

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