Grab Their Belts to Fight Them

Grab Their Belts to Fight Them
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Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
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ISBN-13 : 9781591149613
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Book Synopsis Grab Their Belts to Fight Them by : Warren Wilkins

Download or read book Grab Their Belts to Fight Them written by Warren Wilkins and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1965, despite pronounced disadvantages in firepower and mobility, the Communist Vietnamese endeavored to crush South Vietnam and expel the American military with a strategy for a quick and decisive victory predicated not on guerrilla but big-unit war. Warren Wilkins chronicles the formation, development, and participation of the Viet Cong in the opening phase of the big-unit war and shows how the failure of that strategy profoundly influenced the decision to launch the Tet Offensive. Unlike most books on the war, this one provides an authentic account from the Communist perspective, wi ...


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