Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. At the height of the war the army was able to move almost a million soldiers a year in and out of vietnam, feed them, clothe them, house them, supply them with arms and ammunition, and generally sustain them better than any army had ever been sustained in the field. That man, harry summers, is an active army officer who began. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Military strategy and tactics are essential to the conduct of warfare. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A critical analysis of the vietnam war has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. The best critique of the war i have read and a book every policy maker in washington should absorb. Summers jr summers inspired analysis of americas war in vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before robert. Its important to read it, only because so many other. This includes an analysis of military strategy, theory, and practice of the combatants in the vietnam war in order to gain an understanding of the reasoning behind decisionmaking policies of military leaders on both sides of the war. A critical analysis of the vietnam war a critical analysis of the vietnam war worldcat read the fulltext online edition of on strategy.
Summers uses clausewitz to castigate the civilians responsible for vietnam, president johnson and secretary mcnamaras systems analysts, for failing to set. Mar 02, 2015 the best histories of the vietnam war. Summers was an infantry colonel in the united states army, and had served as a squad leader in the korean war and as a battalion and corps. On strategy a critical analysis of the vietnam war by summers. On strategy a critical analysis of the vietnam war. Next on your list of vietnam war books is one written from the perspective of the viet cong. A critical analysis of the vietnam war has 1 available editions to buy at half price books. Pressured and encouraged by the kennedy administration to concentrate on counterinsurgency warfare and preoccupied with dealing with. It has become symbolic as a victory standing bold and near alone amidst a sea of unpopular and failed smallwars fought by the great powers during the withdrawal from empire. In 1992 he wrote a book on that war titled, on strategy ii.
Broadly stated, strategy is the planning, coordination, and general direction of military operations to meet overall political and military objectives. The best histories of the vietnam war council on foreign. A critical analysis of the vietnam war by harry g summers, col. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header. Feb 11, 2015 the malayan emergency 19481960 has been popularly mounted upon a high pedestal. A critical analysis of the vietnam war and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Aug 08, 2016 i dont know about best, but one has been studied by every general for over 2000 years. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the on strategy a critical analysis of the vietnam war, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. A critical analysis of the vietnam war, became an instant classic within the military. Summers was an infantry squad leader in the korean war and a battalion and corps operations officer in the vietnam war. A critical analysis of the vietnam war by summers, harry jr.
The art of war, by chinese general sun tsu around 500 bc. Ken burnss vietnam war will break your heart and win your mind a paratrooper from the 173rd airborne brigade after a july 1966 firefight, in ken burns and lynn novicks the. Colonel summers also examines those principles as set down in the us army field manuals, the texts used by the army to craft strategy and tactics. On strategy is the cornerstone of the revisionist school of vietnam war historiographythose who argue that the war was ultimately winnable with a greater degree of military commitment. First published in 1982 this book makes clear that the outcome of the war had nothing to do with the fighting ability of the us military. Success in war requires clarity in political and military objectives. Feb 04, 2009 stunning in its insight, on strategy is required reading not just for everyone who is interested in the vietnam war, but for anyone who is concerned about the place of the united states on the world stage and how america can, and more importantly cannot, employ its immense military force to help bring peace to an increasingly troubled world. A critical analysis of the vietnam war 0891411569 by summers, harry g. May 6, 1932 november 14, 1999 is best known as the author of the neoclausewitzean analysis of the vietnam war titled, on strategy. This is a great piece of writing and the guy is obviously a talented writer. Assessing the british counterinsurgency effort in malaya. Kort provides the first comprehensive synthesis of the revisionist interpretations of the vietnam war. As nuclear confrontation gave way to nuclear parity in the 1960s and early 1970s, limited war in vietnam proved far less successful than in the korean war less than 20 years before why.
What struck me about it is the similarity of the feeling between people who just by the grace of god, by luck, were on. The best critique of the war i have read and a book every policy maker in. Us pentagon will keep fighting in syria until they win the. Through deft analysis and penetrating logic, he explains how and why these challenges to conventional wisdom are reshaping views of one of americas most momentous and controversial experiences. His analysis extends well beyond the battlefield to congress, the political leadership and the people. A critical analysis of vietnam war in comparison with afghan war muhammad saleem mazhar university of the punjab. Its important to read it, only because so many other people have read it and it exerts a large influence on the literature. To link to this object, paste this link in email, im or. Army colonel and korean war and vietnam war vet harry summers, whose 1982 book, on strategy. Harry g summers summers inspired analysis of americas war in vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before robert mcnamaras painful admissions. The leading voice of the clausewitzian school was u.
The unexamined victories and final tragedies of americas last years in vietnam. As world war i came to a close, a young vietnamese patriot named nguyen that thanh arrived in paris to speak with the powerful men negotiating the terms for peace. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. On strategy does live up to the title of critically analyzing the vietnam conflict, but it mostly this book, like many war books, is more interesting as an artifact of historiography than it is as actual history. Summers inspired analysis of americas war in vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before robert mcnamaras painful admissions. Summers was an infantry colonel in the united states army, and had served as a squad leader in the korean war and as a battalion and corps operations officer in the vietnam war. Summers inspired analysis of americas war in vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before. Fourth, it will provide an analysis of north vietnams grand and military strategy that will lay the foundation for a u. A critical analysis of the vietnam war, by harry g. Summerss on strategy a critical analysis of the vietnam war by harry g. A masterful analysis of the strategy, or lack thereof, in the vietnam war. The best critique of the war i have read and a book every policy maker in washington. Sep 11, 2010 summers inspired analysis of americas war in vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before robert mcnamaras painful admissions.
A critical analysis of the vietnam war reissue by summers jr, colonel harry g. Army colonel and korean warvietnam war vet harry summers, whose 1982 book, on strategy. A critical analysis of the vietnam war, which took revisionism in a different direction by criticizing civilian leaders for doing too little to mobilize the american public and the u. Colonel harry summers begins this concise and fascinating study of american strategy in vietnam by disposing of two myths. This book, like many war books, is more interesting as an artifact of historiography than it is as actual history. This important book is one mans critical analysis of american strategy in the vietnam war. Summers inspired analysis of americas war in vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a. The analysis of the vietnam war continues to be highly controversial and interacts with ongoing debates in. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Jan 05, 2017 for the united states to find its footing in the next four to eight years, its senior leadership and its professional advisors should consider lessons longobserved, if rarely learned, about the wages of war without strategy. Crackling with keen insight and clarity, this invaluable resource has renewed the study of strategy and its vital relationship to the art of war. The author, a colonel on the staff of the army war college, has reexamined military strategy and tactics in the light of our experience in the vietnam war.