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Author:
Marolda, Edward J., author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83004751
Title:
Admirals under fire : the US Navy and the Vietnam War / Edward J. Marolda ; foreword by John Lehman.
Publisher:
Texas Tech University Press,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xxiii, 496 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States.--Navy--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States.--Navy--Officers--Biography.
United States.--Navy
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Naval operations, American.
Admirals--United States--Biography.
Admirals.
Armed Forces--Officers.
Military operations, Naval--American.
United States.
1961-1975
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Lehman, John F., writer of foreword. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50046839
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Steaming into the abyss -- Chapter 2. At the brink -- Chapter 3. Upping the ante -- Chapter 4. Command in crisis -- Chapter 5. Navy troubles -- Chapter 6. White knight of the delta -- Chapter 7. Fighting to retreat -- Chapter 8. Test of fire -- Chapter 9. A new broom -- Chapter 10. Revolution in the navy -- Chapter 11. Fighting Washington -- Chapter 12. The end game -- Chapter 13. Conclusion.
Summary:
"An examination of how America's top naval leaders-Admirals Zumwalt, Moorer, Sharp, Holloway, and Felt-dealt with the challenges of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, with a discussion of their relationships with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter and Secretaries of Defense McNamara, Laird, and Schlesinger"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Peace and conflict series
ISBN:
1682830896
9781682830895
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1224584361
LCCN:
2020053118
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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