Vietnam's high ground : armed struggle for the Central Highlands, 1954-1965 /

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Author / Creator:Harris, J. P., author.
Imprint:Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Description:xi, 538 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Modern war studies
Modern war studies.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10889156
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ISBN:9780700622832
0700622837
9780700622849
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"The most comprehensive and accurate examination of one of the least studied and least understood theaters--the Central Highlands--in what Americans came to call the Vietnam War (or what the Vietnamese called the Second Indochina War, following France's defeat in 1954). Focusing on the 1960-1965 period, Harris provides a detailed look at and evaluation of military operations by both sides, culminating in three chapters devoted to the famous battles in the Ia Drang river valley"--