About the Author
Andrew Wiest is Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he co-directs the Vietnam Studies Program and the university's Center for the Study of War and Society. He also has served as a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and Visiting Professor in the Department of Warfighting Strategy at the United States Airforce Air War College. He is the author of many books including: Haig: The Evolution of a Commander (Potomac, 2005); The Vietnam War, 1956-1975 (Osprey, 2002); War in the Age of Technology (edited with Geoffrey Jensen, NYU Press, 2001); and Passchendaele and the Royal Navy (Greenwood, 1995). The author lives in Hattiesburg, MS.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Chronology
Introduction: An American War?
The French Indochina War
Fight for the Long Haul
The South Road
The War Outside Vietnam
A View from the Other Side of the Story
Caught in the Crossfire
Diggers and Kiwis
The Conduct of War
On the Ground
"Swatting Flies with a Sledgehammer"
Battle for Mekong
Tactics in a Different War
The Living Room War
The Final Act - And After
Endnotes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index