Bibliograph

Autopsy of an unwinnable war, Vietnam, William C. Haponski with Jerry J. Burcham

Type

Label

Autopsy of an unwinnable war, Vietnam, William C. Haponski with Jerry J. Burcham

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Autopsy of an unwinnable war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1057305606

Responsibility statement

William C. Haponski with Jerry J. Burcham

Sub title

Vietnam

Summary

Since the fall of Saigon in 1975 there have been many books published on why (and whether) America lost the war in Vietnam. The senior American commander in charge of prosecuting the war during its buildup and peak of fighting, Admiral U.S.G. Sharp, concluded his memoir, saying: “The real tragedy of Vietnam is that this war was not won by the other side, by Hanoi or Moscow or Peiping. It was lost in Washington, D. C.” This remains an all too common belief. The stark facts, though, are that the Vietnam War was lost before the first American shot was fired. In fact, it was lost before the first French Expeditionary Corps shot, almost two decades earlier, and was finally lost when the South Vietnamese fought partly, then entirely, on their own

Target audience

adult

Classification