The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War
Shaw, John M.
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222pp/illus/maps. The Cambodian Campaign (also known as the Cambodian Incursion) was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during mid-1970 by the United States (U.S. ) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) during the Vietnam War. These invasions were a result of policy of President Richard Nixon whose decision it was to invade. DJ has tear at bottom of spine. Text clean. Seller Inventory # 010706
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive ...
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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"Shaw's investigation into the primary sources of this campaign . . . has been exhaustive and is supplemented by an impressive array of interviews with key participants. . . . Shaw is one of the few historians who has attempted, fairly successfully, to paint a comprehensive picture of the Vietnam battleground, including the interplay of logistics, fire support, intelligence, communications, engineers, medical evacuation, and the like. The result is somewhat unique. Rather than just another grunt potboiler or one more general officer apologia, we have a genuine effort to examine a slice of the Vietnam War in all its myriad complexity from a staff officer's point of view. And for this we are in Shaw's debt."--Journal of Military History
"As a military history, the book succeeds brilliantly. Shaw deftly recounts the planning, execution, and results of the invasion. . . . An important addition to the revisionist literature on this under-explored episode of the Vietnam experience. It is recommended for those seeking to understand the military aspects of the conflict, as well as the Nixon administration's efforts to bring the war to a satisfactory conclusion."--Journal of American History
"Shaw's book is a valuable contribution to an overall understanding of the Vietnam War because it focuses on events and operations relatively neglected by military historians. . . . Shaw provides readers a comprehensive discussion of the planning, preparation, and execution of the campaign by the U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV). After completing the book, readers will have a thorough understanding of the campaign and its effect on later events during the Vietnam war. . . . In a succinct volume, readers will find a book that utilizes detailed research to set the conditions for a conclusion rich in analysis and insight. Readers will find that reading this book will increase their understanding of the later years of the Vietnam War."--On Point
"As the war in Iraq slips into its fourth year, lessons from Vietnam spring up in debates across the nation. Iraqization rings familiar to Vietnamization. . . . Our leaders in Washington and Baghdad should add The Cambodian Campaign to their reading lists."--Proceedings
"A good book for serious students of the Vietnam War."--Army
Stunning in its research and highly sophisticated in its analysis, this is far and away the best study we have of the tactics and strategy used during the invasion of Cambodia.--Robert K. Brigham, author of Guerrilla Diplomacy: The NLF's Foreign Relations and the Vietnam War
A valuable contribution toward understanding one of the most controversial operations of the Vietnam War.--James H. Willbanks, author of Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War
Revisionist scholarship at its best, Shaw's work highlights once again the cruel ironies of the American agony in Vietnam.--Timothy J. Lomperis, author of From Peoples War to People's Rule: Insurgency, Intervention, and the Lessons of Vietnam
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