Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410220462)

The present volume describes the activities of the U.S. Army in Vietnam during World War II, military advice and assistance to the French government during the immediate postwar years, and the advisory program that developed after the Geneva Agreements of 1954. Its scope ranges from high-level policy decisions to low-echelon advisory operations in the field, presented against a background of relevant military and political developments. The author enjoyed access to the official records of the period and examined personal papers, interviews, other documentary sources, and miscellaneous published materials. Useful not only as a study of military assistance but as a view of the Army as an agent of national policy, this volume is a fitting introduction to the overall study of the conflict in Vietnam.

Author: Ronald H. Spector
ISBN-10: 141022046X
ISBN-13: 9781410220462
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2005
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.85d