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03196aam a2200421 i 4500 001 D988F82AEE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 191118s2020 txuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019052252 020 $a 162349835X 020 $a 9781623498351 035 $a (OCoLC)1128888351 040 $a TXA/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCL $d YDX $d NLMVD $d GUA $d EAU $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a a-cb--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a DS557.7 $b .H43 2020 082 00 $a 959.704/34 $2 23 100 1 $a Head, William P., $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Storms over the Mekong : $b major battles of the Vietnam War / $c William P. Head. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a College Station : $b Texas A&M University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xiv, 464 pages ; $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; $v number 164 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-441) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction. Iconic Battles of the Vietnam War -- The March to Oblivion: The ARVN Defeat at Ap Bac and the Americanization of the Vietnam War -- Too Much Rolling and Not Enough Thunder: Operation Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968 -- A Reassessment of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley, 1965: The Role of Airpower, Heroic Soldiers, and the Wrong Lessons -- Bloodshed and Bitterness: The Battle for Khe Sanh -- Diversion or a Second Dien Bien Phu? -- The Battles for Saigon and Hue during the Tet Offensive, 1968 -- The Air Battles Continue after Rolling Thunder: Arc Light, Commando Hunt I-VII, Menu, the Easter Offensive, and Linebacker I and II -- The Battle of Hamburger Hill, 10-20 May 1969: The Beginning of the End of America's Commitment to the Republic of Vietnam -- The Nguyen Hue (Easter) Offensive, 1972 -- The Final Act: The Battle of Xuan Loc and the Fall of Saigon Conclusion Some Personal and Factual Observations. 520 $a "From the defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam at Ap Bac to the battles of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, and more, "Storms over the Mekong" offers a reassessment of key turning points in the Vietnam War. Head not only reexamines these pivotal battles but also provides a new interpretation on the course of the war in Southeast Asia. A blow-by-blow account of the key military events, but beyond that, it is also a measured reconsideration of the battles and moments that Americans thought they already knew, adding up to a new history of the Vietnam War"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Campaigns. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Campaigns $z Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia) 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $z United States. 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 651 7 $a Mekong River Delta. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01310764 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1961-1975 $2 fast 830 0 $a Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; $v no. 164. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117032428.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D988F82AEE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search