Thiet Giap! - The Battle of An Loc, April 1972 (U.S. Army Center for Military History Indochina Monograph series) - Softcover

Willbanks, General Of The Armies George C Marshall Chair Of Military History And Director James H; Combat Studies Institute

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780392532 ISBN 13: 9781780392530

Publisher: Militarybookshop.Co.UK, 2011

Synopsis

First published in 1993. This study focuses on the conduct of the battle and the role of American combat advisers and United States air power played in defeating the North Vietnamese forces during the Spring of 1972.

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About the Author:

James H. Willbanks, PhD, is General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History and director of the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. He is a retired Army officer with 23 years of service in various infantry and staff assignments, which included a tour as an adviser with a South Vietnamese infantry regiment during the 1972 North Vietnamese Easter Offensive. Willbanks holds a bachelor's degree in history from Texas A&M University and a master's degree and doctorate in history from the University of Kansas. He is the author of several books on the Vietnam War, including "Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War"; "The Battle of An Loc"; and "The Tet Offensive: A Concise History". He is also editor of "America's Heroes: Medal of Honor Recipients from the Civil War to Afghanistan".

About this edition

• Publisher: Militarybookshop.Co.UK
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1780392532
• ISBN 13: 9781780392530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114