Powerful and brutal weapons : Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive

Powerful and brutal weapons : Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive /

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 President Nixon and National Security Advisor Kissinger hoping that ga...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Randolph, Stephen P., 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Kissinger, Henry, > 1923-2023.
Easter Offensive, 1972.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • MAPS
  • ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. NIXON'S WAR
  • 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.

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