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ON STRATEGY:
THE VIETNAM WAR IN CONTEXT

Harry G. Summers, Jr.

Straegic Stdies Institute, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, ND., 137 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, paperback

 
 

Reviewer's Comments:

 
 

Introduction - Tactical Victory Strategic Defeat

 

Part One - The Environment

 
 

Chapter I - The National Will: The People

 
 

Chapter 2 - The National Will: The Congress

 
 

Chapter 3 - Friction: The People

 
 

Chapter 4 - Friction: The Bureaucracy

 
 

Chapter 5 - Friction: The Danger

 
 

Chapter 6 - Friction: The Doctrine

 
 

Chapter 7 - Friction: The Dogma

 
 

Part Two - The Engagement

 
 

Chapter 8 - Tactics, Grand Tactics, and Strategy

 
 

Chapter 9 - The Objective

 
 

Chapter 10 - The Offensive

 
 

Chapter 11 - Mass, Economy of Force, and Maneuver

 
 

Chapter 12 - Unity of Command

 
 

Chapter 13 - Security and Surprise

 
 

Chapter 14 - Simplicity

 
 

Chapter 15 - Coalition Warfare

 
 

Epilogue - To Provide For the Common Defense

 

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