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The War of Detachments: Lessons in Counterinsurgency Small Unit Actions in Vietnam, 1965-1968

Leo J. Daugherty III

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Description:During the first three years of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War (1965-1968), the war was fought largely by small unit actions that involved squads and battalions. The War of Lessons in Counterinsurgency Small Unit Actions in Vietnam, 1965-1968 recalls the men who engaged large-scale Viet Cong units in the rice paddies, hamlets, and jungles of South Vietnam.With a brief introduction discussing Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz's theory of Kliene Krieg or "small wars, this book is a collection of accounts written by platoon and company commanders as part of the U.S. Army's Captain's Career Course, which the soldiers undertook upon their return from Vietnam in the mid to late 1960s. Their entries indicate not only the validity of their training prior to serving in Vietnam, but also the validity of the "small wars" theory, and how Vietnam's "war of detachments" shaped what has been described as the new American way of warfare.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The War of Detachments: Lessons in Counterinsurgency Small Unit Actions in Vietnam, 1965-1968. To get started finding The War of Detachments: Lessons in Counterinsurgency Small Unit Actions in Vietnam, 1965-1968, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2011

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Description: During the first three years of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War (1965-1968), the war was fought largely by small unit actions that involved squads and battalions. The War of Lessons in Counterinsurgency Small Unit Actions in Vietnam, 1965-1968 recalls the men who engaged large-scale Viet Cong units in the rice paddies, hamlets, and jungles of South Vietnam.With a brief introduction discussing Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz's theory of Kliene Krieg or "small wars, this book is a collection of accounts written by platoon and company commanders as part of the U.S. Army's Captain's Career Course, which the soldiers undertook upon their return from Vietnam in the mid to late 1960s. Their entries indicate not only the validity of their training prior to serving in Vietnam, but also the validity of the "small wars" theory, and how Vietnam's "war of detachments" shaped what has been described as the new American way of warfare.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The War of Detachments: Lessons in Counterinsurgency Small Unit Actions in Vietnam, 1965-1968. To get started finding The War of Detachments: Lessons in Counterinsurgency Small Unit Actions in Vietnam, 1965-1968, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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