Author:
Anderson, David L., 1946- author.
ImprintLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
Imprint2020
Descriptionxii, 173 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Note:Introduction: pacification, counterinsurgency, and Vietnamization -- Vietnamization before Nixon -- Nixon announces Vietnamization -- MACV implements Vietnamization -- Buying time for Vietnamization: Cambodia 1970 -- Vietnamization: a signal sergeant's quality assurance report -- Vietnamization tested: Lam Son 719 and the Easter Offensive -- Vietnamization's final, failed test, 1973-1975 -- Vietnamization and the end of the Republic of Vietnam: an assessment -- Vietnamization's postwar counterinsurgency legacy.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index.
Note:In the first book-length treatment of Richard Nixon's Vietnamization policy, David L. Anderson explores the political and strategic implications and assesses its continuing, significant impact on American post-Vietnam foreign policy. Vietnamization will demand the attention of all scholars of post-World War II American foreign policy.
