"In 1965, despite pronounced disadvantages in firepower and mobility, the Communist Vietnamese endeavored to crush South Vietnam and expel the American military with a strategy for a quick and decisive victory predicated not on guerrilla but big-unit war. Warren Wilkins chronicles the formation, development, and participation of the Viet Cong in the opening phase of the big-unit war and shows how the failure of that strategy profoundly influenced the decision to launch the Tet Offensive. Unlike most books on the war, this one provides an authentic account from the Communist perspective, with th."@en
"Unlike most books on the Vietnam War, this book draws on a wealth of Communist sources about the conflict to craft an authentic and accurate account of the conflict from the enemy perspective. It also recounts how the Communist strategy reflected the desire to crush South Vietnam quickly and decisively with their strategy of "big unit"combat, not guerrilla warfare. Detailed in the opening stanza of the Communist war against the Americans, is the formation, development, and participation of the Viet Cong, and how the ultimate failure of that war profoundly influences the decision to launch the Tet Offensive."

"Grab their belts to fight them : the Viet Cong's big-unit war against the U.S. ; 1965-1966"
"Grab their belts to fight them the Viet Cong's big-unit war against the U.S., 1965-1966"@en
"Grab their belts to fight them the Viet Cong's big-unit war against the U.S., 1965-1966"
"Grab their belts to fight them : the Viet Cong's big-unit war against the U.S., 1965-1966"