Nixon's Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972 - Couverture souple

Sherwood, John Darrell; Naval History Heritage And Command; United States Department Of The Navy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1782663509 ISBN 13 : 9781782663508

Editeur : Military Bookshop, 2009

Synopsis

With FULL COLOR maps and illustrations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book focuses on the three prongs of the naval trident that President Nixon wielded during the final years of the Vietnam War: naval air power, naval bombardment, and mine warfare. For much of this period, Navy aircraft sought to hamper the flow of supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos—a huge investment in air power resources that ultimately proved fruitless. After North Vietnam’s invasion of the South in 1972, however, Navy tactical aviation, as well as naval bombardment, proved critical not only in blunting the offensive but also in persuading North Vietnam to arrive at a peace agreement in Paris in 1973. For the first time in the war, the Navy was also authorized to close Haiphong Harbor and North Vietnam's other ports with naval mines—an operation that still stands out as a textbook example of how mine warfare can inflict a major economic and psychological blow on the enemy with minimal casualties for either side. Thus, naval power was indispensible to ending America's longest war.

Présentation de l'éditeur

On 31 January 1968, the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC) guerrillas launched a spectacular offensive in South Vietnam. Five of the country’s six major cities, 36 of its 44 provincial capitals, and 64 of its 245 district capitals were attacked that day. A sapper squad even penetrated the grounds of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. The media broadcast images of combat at the embassy and in other key cities, causing tremendous psychological shock for the American viewing public. Ultimately, U.S. and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops killed or captured most of the enemy combatants in Saigon in the next few days. Allied troops quelled most of the fighting in the rest of the country by March, killing over 58,000 NVA and VC troops in the process. The ARVN suffered 4,954 dead, and the Americans, 3,895. It would take North Vietnam four years to rebuild a force capable of mounting a similar offensive, and the Viet Cong never recovered.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Military Bookshop
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782663509
• ISBN 13: 9781782663508
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 86
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible