The Vietnam War: An Assessment by South Vietnam's Generals

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AuthorLewis Sorley
PublisherTexas Tech University Press
PublishedOct 06 2023
Book FormatPaperback
ISBN-139780896726437
Dimensions9.22 X 6.36 X 1.94 inches
Weight 2.83 pounds
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CategoriesHistory > Asia - Southeast Asia
LanguageEnglish

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Today, thirty-five years after the fall of Saigon, scholars and historians have had opportunities to examine the Vietnam war from diverse viewpoints and the distance of time. But soon after the war, memories of loss still fresh, top military leaders of defeated South Vietnam recorded their observations in a series of publications sponsored by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. Insightful and poignant, unaltered and unedited by the CMH, their distinctive stories are little known and long out of print. Veteran historian Lewis Sorley has gathered, edited, and arranged these seventeen monographs for ease of reference and access, providing valuable biographies of the generals (some including photographs), plus maps and index. The volume's chapters cover a range of topics, including: ■ Leadership by Gen. Cao Van Vien, for nearly a decade chief of the Joint General Staff (the rough equivalent of the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) ■ The U.S. Adviser by General Vien and other senior officers ■ Intelligence by Col. Hoang Ngoc Lung, longtime chief intelligence officer of the RVNAF (Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces) ■ Pacification by Brig. Gen. Tran Dinh Tho ■ The RVNAF by chief logistics officer Lt. Gen. Dong Van Khuyen ■ Territorial Forces by Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang Truong, considered South Vietnam's best field commander Augmented with Sorley's introduction and epilogue, The Vietnam War brings the South Vietnamese military experience into sharper perspective, at last 04 Activeable for wider use and appreciation.

Author Bio

Dr. Lewis Sorley is an award winning author and military historian. His most recent book, Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October 2011.

A former soldier and civilian official of the Central Intelligence Agency, Dr. Sorley has also served on the faculties at West Point and the Army War College. His Army assignments included leadership of tank and armored cavalry units in Germany, Vietnam, and the United States and staff positions in the offices of the Secretary of Defense and the Army Chief of Staff.

Dr. Sorley is an Emeritus Director of the Army Historical Foundation and is Executive Director Emeritus of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States.

Source: Foreign Policy Research Institute