Contributor
Thompson, W. Scott (Willard Scott), 1942-
Imprint:New York : Crane, Russak, c1977.
Descriptionxi, 288 p., [1] leaf of plates : maps : 24 cm.
Note:Based on a 1973-74 colloquium on "The military lessons of the Vietnamese War," held at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, at which "a number of distinguished students of and participants in the war presented papers and led discussions...." -- Foreword.
Note:Part 1. The strategic background: -- The evolution of national security policy and the Vietnam War / Paul H. Nitze -- American goals in Vietnam / William C. Westmoreland -- Discussion -- Part 2: Patterns of the French and American experience in Vietnam: --Quantitive analysis in a war without fronts / Thomas C. Thayer -- Part 3: The American approach to the war: --Contradictions in military culture / Edward Lansdale -- Thoughts on Vietnam / S.L.A. Marshall -- Part 4. A military war of attrition / William C. Westmoreland --Part 5. The strategy of attrition / Donaldson D. Frizzell -- Discussion -- We could not win the war of attrition we tried to fight / Thomas C. Thayer -- Discussion - Part 6. Rear bases and sanctuaries : discussion -- Part 7: Psychological factors: discussion -- Part 8: Air power: mixed results in the early years: -- Dissatisfaction with the air war / Donaldson D. Frizzell -- Discussion -- The impact of the air effort probably outweighed many of its benefits / Thomas C. Thayer -- Part 9: Air power and negotiation in 1972 / Donaldson D. Frizzell -- Part 10. Tactics and technology: discussion -- Part 11. Problems of force management: discussion -- Monitoring the war: computer versus 'art forms' / Thomas C. Thayer -- Discussion -- Part 12: 'Costing' the Vietnam war: Discussion -- The American style of war made it costly / Thomas C. Thayer -- Part 13. Was there another way? / Robert Komer -- Discussion -- On pacification / Thomas C. Thayer -- Part 14. Vietnamization and the territorial forces: Discussion -- The Special Forces and the CIDG program / Robert Rheault -- Territorial forces / Thomas C. Thayer -- Part 15. Was failure inevitable: some concluding perspectives -- Discussion.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
