The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the war in Vietnam, 1960-1968 /

COSMAS Graham A

The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the war in Vietnam, 1960-1968 / Graham A Cosmas - Part 3 - Washington DC: Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2009. - xii, 311 pages; 24 cm. - History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .

"David Armstrong edited the revised version of Part Three"--Foreword.

This volume covers the formulation of policies and decisions during 1967-1968, the period when US military escalation culminated. The author notes in his preface that he substantially revised the original edition to take account of information that was not then available (such as the Pentagon Papers) including information from Vietnam subsequently made avialable in English. Covers Rolling Thunder and the Tet Offensive.

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UNITED STATES--INTERVENTION--VIETNAM WAR
VIETNAM WAR--ROLLING THUNDER
VIETNAM WAR--TET OFFENSIVE