Grab Their Belts to Fight Them
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Author | : Warren Wilkins |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 1591149614 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781591149613 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Grab Their Belts to Fight Them by : Warren Wilkins
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 ...