Mobility, Support, Endurance
Author : Edwin Bickford Hooper
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,58 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN :
Author : Edwin Bickford Hooper
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,58 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN :
Author : United States. Navy Department. Naval Operations Office
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 39,18 MB
Release : 1972
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Author : Michael F. Morris
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2024-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0700636935
The Vietnam War ended nearly fifty years ago but the central paradox of the struggle endures: how did the world’s strongest nation fail to secure freedom for the Republic of Vietnam? Michael F. Morris addresses this vexing question by focusing on the senior Marine headquarters in the conflict’s most dangerous region. Known as I Corps, the northern five provinces of South Vietnam witnessed the bloodiest fighting of the entire war. I Corps also contained the Viet Cong’s strongest infrastructure, key portions of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and the important political and economic prizes of Hue and Da Nang. For Americans, it was the site of the first major military operation (Operation STARLITE); the Battles of Hue City and Khe Sanh during the 1968 Tet Offensive; and a military innovation known as the Combined Action Platoon (CAP), a counterinsurgency technique designed to secure the region’s villages. The Marine zone served as Saigon’s “canary in the coal mine”—if the war was to be won, allied action must succeed in its most contested region. With such deep significance, I Corps holds many answers to the lasting questions of the Vietnam War. Following the Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF)—the primary US tactical command in I Corps from 1965 to 1970—Corps Competency? provides the first composite analysis of the critical role of the senior Marine headquarters and offers a coherence missing in piecemeal accounts. Despite the critical importance of I Corps, relatively little is known about its overall impact on the war due to disconnected and patchy historical study of the region. In this comprehensive and newly insightful study of the Vietnam War, Michael Morris tells a story that illustrates what can happen when a corps headquarters is not ready for the conflict it encounters and then fights the war it wants to rather than the one it must. The views expressed in this work are those of the author and not the official position of the United States government, Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, or Marine Corps University.
Author : Edwin bickford Hooper
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 1972
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Author : United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN :
Author : Tamara Moser Melia
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 28,18 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 1988
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : John Darrell Sherwood
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,96 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780945274766
War in the Shallows, published in 2015 by the Naval History and Heritage Command, is the authoritative account of the U.S. Navy's hard-fought battle along Vietnam's rivers and coastline from 1965-1968. At the height of the U.S. Navy's involvement in the Vietnam War, the Navy's coastal and riverine forces included more than 30,000 Sailors and over 350 patrol vessels ranging in size from riverboats to destroyers. These forces developed the most extensive maritime blockade in modern naval history and fought pitched battles against Viet Cong units in the Mekong Delta and elsewhere. War in the Shallows explores the operations of the Navy's three inshore task forces from 1965 to 1968. It also delves into other themes such as basing, technology, tactics, and command and control. Finally, using oral history interviews, it reconstructs deckplate life in South Vietnam, focusing in particular on combat waged by ordinary Sailors. Vietnam was the bloodiest war in recent naval history and War in the Shallows strives above all else to provide insight into the men who fought it and honor their service and sacrifice. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Author John Darrell Sherwood has served as a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) since 1997. -- Provided by publisher.
Author : John Darrell Sherwood
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 32,34 MB
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : 9780945274766
War in the Shallows, published in 2015 by the Naval History and Heritage Command, is the authoritative account of the U.S. Navy's hard-fought battle along Vietnam's rivers and coastline from 1965-1968. At the height of the U.S. Navy's involvement in the Vietnam War, the Navy's coastal and riverine forces included more than 30,000 Sailors and over 350 patrol vessels ranging in size from riverboats to destroyers. These forces developed the most extensive maritime blockade in modern naval history and fought pitched battles against Viet Cong units in the Mekong Delta and elsewhere. War in the Shallows explores the operations of the Navy's three inshore task forces from 1965 to 1968. It also delves into other themes such as basing, technology, tactics, and command and control. Finally, using oral history interviews, it reconstructs deckplate life in South Vietnam, focusing in particular on combat waged by ordinary Sailors. Vietnam was the bloodiest war in recent naval history and War in the Shallows strives above all else to provide insight into the men who fought it and honor their service and sacrifice. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Author John Darrell Sherwood has served as a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) since 1997. -- Provided by publisher.
Author : United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division
Publisher :
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 46,29 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN :