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Drawing on a range of sources, including original interviews with the commanders ordered to fight a land war in southeast Asia, a former U.S. Army infantry captain recounts his company's experiences carrying out those orders in Vietnam and Cambodia. The crucial flaws of the Johnson Administration's strategy of attrition in are analyzed, the failure to seal off the theater of battle from Chinese and Soviet resupply, and allowing North Vietnamese ground forces to maintain sanctuaries in Laos, Cambodia and even North Vietnam itself.
Setting the Stage for Failure -- An Army in Search of a Mission -- Beware of the Pale Civilian -- A War in Search of Strategy -- Riverine Warfare-On the Potomac -- Troops, Time, Tet, and Truth -- Conduct Unbecoming -- One War Too Far.
William Hamilton ; foreword by Lt. Gen. Thomas G. McInerney, USAF (Ret.).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-160) and index.