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The Fall of South Vietnam: Statements by Vietnamese Military and Civilian Leaders

A summary of extensive oral and written statements by twenty-seven former high-ranking South Vietnamese military officers and civilians on their perceptions of the causes of the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975. The causes cited were many and interwoven--shortcomings in South Vietnam's political and military leadership, planning, and organization--but all were tied to what the interviewees saw as the overarching cause for the collapse: the American role in Vietnam. They viewed the withdrawal of American troops, the loss of U.S. manpower, and the reduction of aid after the Paris Agreements as making defeat inevitable. Other factors included irresolution and reversals of strategy by Vietnamese leaders, and failure of commanders to stay with their units in battle. Finally, some of the respondents saw the events as part of the fundamental struggle between East and West, in which Communism, in their view, had the advantage. Most seem to agree on one point--that the U.S.-South Vietnamese interaction was largely a failure.

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  • "A summary of extensive oral and written statements by twenty-seven former high-ranking South Vietnamese military officers and civilians on their perceptions of the causes of the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975. The causes cited were many and interwoven--shortcomings in South Vietnam's political and military leadership, planning, and organization--but all were tied to what the interviewees saw as the overarching cause for the collapse: the American role in Vietnam. They viewed the withdrawal of American troops, the loss of U.S. manpower, and the reduction of aid after the Paris Agreements as making defeat inevitable. Other factors included irresolution and reversals of strategy by Vietnamese leaders, and failure of commanders to stay with their units in battle. Finally, some of the respondents saw the events as part of the fundamental struggle between East and West, in which Communism, in their view, had the advantage. Most seem to agree on one point--that the U.S.-South Vietnamese interaction was largely a failure."@en
  • "This report summarizes extensive oral and written statements by 27 former high-ranking South Vietnamese military officers and civilians on their perceptions of the causes of the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975. The causes cited were many and interwoven--shortcomings in South Vietnam's political and military leadership, planning, and organization--but all were tied to what the interviewees saw as the overarching cause for the collapse: the American role in Vietnam. They viewed the withdrawal of American troops, the loss of U.S. manpower, and the reduction of aid after the Paris Agreements as making defeat inevitable. Other factors included irresolution and reversals of strategy by Vietnamese leaders, and failure of commanders to stay with their units in battle. Finally, some of the respondents saw the events as part of the fundamental struggle between East and West, in which Communism, in their view, had the advantage. Most seem to agree on one point--that the U.S. South Vietnamese interaction was largely a failure."@en
  • "The Fall of South Vietnam is a unique military history. It contains a wealth of original material gathered from former military and civilian officials. It is a fascinating picture of failure drawn by the participants themselves. The first part of the book is devoted to the setting before the 1975 enemy offensive, and includes discussion of the Paris Agreements of 1973. The second part deals with the course of the collapse, beginning with the loss of Phuoc Long in January 1975. --BOOK JACKET"

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  • "The Fall of South Vietnam : statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders"
  • "Fall of South Vietnam statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders"
  • "The Fall of South Vietnam : Statements by Vietnamese Military and Civilian Leaders"
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  • "The fall of South Vietnam : statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders"@en
  • "The fall of South Vietnam : statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders"
  • "The fall of South Vietnam : statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders : prepared for the Office of Secretary of Defense, Office of Historian"
  • "The fall of South Vietnam statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders : prepared for the Office of Secretary of Defense, Office of Historian"@en
  • "The fall of South Vietnam : statements bij Vietnamese military and civilian leaders"
  • "The fall of South Vietnam statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders"@en
  • "The fall of South Vietnam statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders"
  • "The Fall of South Vietnam: statements by Vietnamese military and civilian leaders"

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