Phillip B. Davidson, a retired Army lieutenant
general, not only spent two years in Vietnam as the chief
intelligence officer to Generals Westmoreland and Abrams, but prior
to that was Assistant Professor of Military History at West Point.
The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica have recently commissioned
him to rewrite their entry on the Vietnam War.
"Davidson has accomplished a major fete in describing the military
history of both the first and second Vietnam War. Not concentrating
on the political aspects of the war, Davidson dramatically
discusses the military strategy which won and lost the
war."--Bradley Skelcher, Delaware State College
"A most valuable look at several important topics, re. the Vietnam
War; General Giap's military genius in the field; the development
of North Vietnam's revolutionary warfare; failures of the Americans
to counter it."--Marshall E. Nunn, Glendale Community College
"Monumental, measured, and masterful...Promises to be the standard
reference on Vietnam's martial past for years to come."--Kirkus
Reviews
"The finest military history of the Vietnam War now
available."--CHOICE
"Sound research and first-rate writing."--Booklist
"An outstanding operational history of three Indochina
wars...Deserves to be widely read as a counterpoint to Stanley
Karnow's Vietnam: A History."--Library Journal
"Perhaps the most concise and readable account of one of the most
complex periods in U.S. military history. A masterpiece!"--Leo J.
Daugherty III, Notre Dame College of Ohio
"Karnow has painted the domestic, political, international, and
historical panorama of the Vietnam experience. We now have the
companion to that work with Davidson's portrayal of the military
dimension."--Professor Robert Bledsoe, University of Central
Florida
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