Author |
Tran, Chau Ngoc, 1924-
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Title |
Vietnam labyrinth : allies, enemies, and why the U.S. lost the war / Tran Ngoc Chau with Ken Fermoyle ; foreword by Daniel Ellsberg. |
OCLC |
795173883 |
ISBN |
9780896727717 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0896727718 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780896727779 (e-book) |
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0896727777 (e-book) |
ISBN/ISSN |
40021956276 |
Publisher |
Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2012] |
Description |
xxii, 436 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
LC Subject heading/s |
Tran, Chau Ngoc, 1924-
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Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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Vietnam -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"The memoir of Tran Ngoc Chau, one of the few Vietnamese Army officers who also saw service in Ho Chi Minh's National Liberation Army"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Roots of the Past, Seeds of the Future (August 1945) -- 2.A Journey of Awakening (1945) -- 3. First Combat: An Inauspicious Beginning (1946) -- 4. Preparing for Long-Term Guerrilla Warfare (1946) -- 5. Trek to the "Free Z" (1946) -- 6. Regiment Doc Lap's First Battle Turns into Disaster (1946) -- 7. The First Victory: A Lesson in Strength (1947) -- 8. Change of Heart (1948) -- 9. Changing Uniforms: Amid a Period of Soul-Searching (1950) -- 10.I Become a South Vietnamese Army Officer (1951) -- 11. Surviving an Onslaught (1953 and 1954) -- 12. With Americans: A Learning and Adjustment Experience (1955-1958) -- 13. My First Lesson of Insurgency -- From a Woman (1959-1961) -- 14. In Kien Hoa Province, the VC "Cradle of Revolution" (1962) -- 15. At the Heart of the Buddhist Crisis (1963) -- 16. Death of the Republic -- For a Better Way? (1963) -- 17. Return to Kien Hoa, Meet with My Communist Brother (1964-1965) -- 18. Director of Pacification Cadres (1966) -- 19. An American or Vietnamese Program? (1966) -- 20. Observations on the War and Pacification (1967) -- 21. Pacification or Military Occupation (1967) -- 22. Taking a Political Path (1967) -- 23. Reaction to the Tet Offensive (1968) -- 24. After the let Deluge, My Peace Negotiation Proposal (1968) -- 25. Loyalty and Honor (1969) -- 26. Trial and Tribulation (1970) -- 27. Resisting Reeducation (1975-1978) -- 28.Coming to America (1979). |
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