Spreading ink blots from Da Nang to the DMZ : the origins and implementation of US Marine Corps counterinsurgency strategy in Vietnam, March 1965 to November 1968 /
During the United States' involvement in the war in Vietnam, the decision by the US Marine Corps to emphasize counterinsurgency operations in coastal areas was the cause of considerable friction between the Marines and the army commanders in Vietnam, who wanted the corps to conduct more convent...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Warwick, England :
Helion & Company Limited,
[2020]
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| Series: | Wolverhampton military.
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| Summary: | During the United States' involvement in the war in Vietnam, the decision by the US Marine Corps to emphasize counterinsurgency operations in coastal areas was the cause of considerable friction between the Marines and the army commanders in Vietnam, who wanted the corps to conduct more conventional operations. This book will examine the background to the Marines' decision and place it in the context of Marine Corps doctrine, infrastructure and logistical capability. For the first time, this book brings together the Marine Corps' background in counterinsurgency and the state of contemporary counterinsurgency theory in the 1960s, combining this with the strategic outlook, role, organization and logistic capability of the Marine Corps to provide a complete view of its counterinsurgency operations. |
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| Physical Description: | 158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781910777947 1910777943 |