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Choosing Progress: Evaluating The "Salesmanship" Of The Vietnam War In 1967, Gregory A. Daddis Dec 2015

Choosing Progress: Evaluating The "Salesmanship" Of The Vietnam War In 1967, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"As the president and his war managers increasingly saw Vietnam as a 'race between accomplishment and patience,' publicizing progress became an integral part of the war. Yet far from a unique case of bureaucratic dishonesty, the 1967 salesmanship campaign demonstrates the reality, even necessity, of conversation gaps when one is assessing progress in wars where the military struggle abroad matters less than the political one at home."


Westmoreland’S War: Reassessing American Strategy In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis Jan 2014

Westmoreland’S War: Reassessing American Strategy In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

An original and major reinterpretation of American strategy during the Vietnam War which totally reconsiders the generalship of William Westmoreland and offers a more balanced picture of the US Army in Vietnam. The book's thesis that US strategy was more than just 'attrition' confronts decades' worth of historical narratives which argue we lost in Vietnam due to bad leadership and an incorrect strategy


American Military Strategy In The Vietnam War, 1965– 1973, Gregory A. Daddis Jan 2014

American Military Strategy In The Vietnam War, 1965– 1973, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

For nearly a decade, American combat soldiers fought in South Vietnam to help sustain an independent, noncommunist nation in Southeast Asia. After U.S. troops departed in 1973, the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975 prompted a lasting search to explain the United States’ first lost war. Historians of the conflict and participants alike have since critiqued the ways in which civilian policymakers and uniformed leaders applied—some argued misapplied—military power that led to such an undesirable political outcome. While some claimed U.S. politicians failed to commit their nation’s full military might to a limited war, others contended that most officers fundamentally …


Review Of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis Jul 2013

Review Of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Articles and Research

A review of Nick Turse's Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam.


Eating Soup With A Spoon: The U.S. Army As A "Learning Organization" In The Vietnam War, Gregory A. Daddis Jan 2013

Eating Soup With A Spoon: The U.S. Army As A "Learning Organization" In The Vietnam War, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Articles and Research

Standard Vietnam War narratives often argue that the U.S. Army lost the war because it failed to learn and adapt to the conditions of an unconventional conflict. Based on a reappraisal of learning processes rather than on the outcome of the war, this essay argues that as an organization, the U.S. Army did learn and adapt in Vietnam; however, that learning was not sufficient, in itself, to preserve a South Vietnam in the throes of a powerful nationalist upheaval. A reexamination of the Army's strategic approach, operational experiences, and organizational changes reveals that significant learning did occur during the Vietnam …


On Lewis Sorley's Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis Oct 2011

On Lewis Sorley's Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Articles and Research

A review of Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam, by Lewis Sorley.


No Sure Victory: Measuring U.S. Army Effectiveness And Progress In The Vietnam War, Gregory A. Daddis Jun 2011

No Sure Victory: Measuring U.S. Army Effectiveness And Progress In The Vietnam War, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

Conventional wisdom holds that the US Army in Vietnam, thrust into an unconventional war where occupying terrain was a meaningless measure of success, depended on body counts as its sole measure of military progress. In No Sure Victory, Army officer and historian Gregory Daddis looks far deeper into the Army's techniques for measuring military success and presents a much more complicated-and disturbing-account of the American misadventure in Indochina.


Review Of A Question Of Command: Counterinsurgency From The Civil War To Iraq, Gregory A. Daddis Apr 2011

Review Of A Question Of Command: Counterinsurgency From The Civil War To Iraq, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Articles and Research

A review of A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq, by Mark Moyar.


Review Of The Battle Of An Loc, Gregory A. Daddis Apr 2006

Review Of The Battle Of An Loc, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Articles and Research

A review of The Battle of An Loc, by James H. Willbanks.


Armageddon’S Lost Lessons: Combined Arms Operations In Allenby’S Palestine Campaign, Gregory A. Daddis Jan 2005

Armageddon’S Lost Lessons: Combined Arms Operations In Allenby’S Palestine Campaign, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Articles and Research

In September 1918, the EEF concluded its campaign in Palestine by routing the Turkish forces at the battle of Megiddo. Under command of British general Allenby, the EEF successfully executed one of the most decisive engagements in any theater of World War I. Ably employing and synchronizing infantry, cavalry, and air forces, Allenby provided future military professionals and historians with a shining illustration of the efficacy of combined arms operations. In terms of surprise, concentration, and operational balance of forces, the culmination of the Palestine campaign was a foreshadowing of the German blitzkrieg used in World War II.

Unfortunately, the …


1998-09, Photograph, Warren Duncan, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan, Warren Duncan Sep 1998

1998-09, Photograph, Warren Duncan, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan, Warren Duncan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


1963-01, Photograph 003, Raphael H. Barto Jan 1963

1963-01, Photograph 003, Raphael H. Barto

Bette J. Barto correspondence

This collection contains 139 correspondence from Maj. Bette J. Barto, USAFE to her parents while serving as a nurse during the late 1950s and 1960s. Also included are three photographs, one special orders document, and one marriage license. In several cases, Bette refers to her parents as "Lizzie" and "Hugh Elmer," or simply "Elmer." Three letters from 1961 or 1962 are undated and placed in a separate folder.


1960-10-27, Photograph 001, Bette J. Barto Oct 1960

1960-10-27, Photograph 001, Bette J. Barto

Bette J. Barto correspondence

This collection contains 139 correspondence from Maj. Bette J. Barto, USAFE to her parents while serving as a nurse during the late 1950s and 1960s. Also included are three photographs, one special orders document, and one marriage license. In several cases, Bette refers to her parents as "Lizzie" and "Hugh Elmer," or simply "Elmer." Three letters from 1961 or 1962 are undated and placed in a separate folder.


1960-04-13, Bette To Parents, Bette J. Barto Apr 1960

1960-04-13, Bette To Parents, Bette J. Barto

Bette J. Barto correspondence

This collection contains 139 correspondence from Maj. Bette J. Barto, USAFE to her parents while serving as a nurse during the late 1950s and 1960s. Also included are three photographs, one special orders document, and one marriage license. In several cases, Bette refers to her parents as "Lizzie" and "Hugh Elmer," or simply "Elmer." Three letters from 1961 or 1962 are undated and placed in a separate folder.


Undated, Photograph 002, Bette J. Barto Jan 1960

Undated, Photograph 002, Bette J. Barto

Bette J. Barto correspondence

This collection contains 139 correspondence from Maj. Bette J. Barto, USAFE to her parents while serving as a nurse during the late 1950s and 1960s. Also included are three photographs, one special orders document, and one marriage license. In several cases, Bette refers to her parents as "Lizzie" and "Hugh Elmer," or simply "Elmer." Three letters from 1961 or 1962 are undated and placed in a separate folder.


1953-11-28, Albert To Joan, Albert J. Sedlacek Nov 1953

1953-11-28, Albert To Joan, Albert J. Sedlacek

Albert J. Sedlacek Korean War correspondence

No abstract provided.


1953-04-28, Albert To Joan, Albert J. Sedlacek Apr 1953

1953-04-28, Albert To Joan, Albert J. Sedlacek

Albert J. Sedlacek Korean War correspondence

No abstract provided.


1952-02-26, H. Lauer To William, H. Lauer Feb 1952

1952-02-26, H. Lauer To William, H. Lauer

Series 3, Correspondence from Other

This collection contains correspondence written by Master Sergeant Wilson Henry Price, USA to his family during the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. MSgt. Price was a Navajo Code Talker during the Second World War, and he is honored on the Code Talker Monument in the Window Rock Navajo Tribal Park in Arizona.


1951-04-03, Photograph, Pfc Dehaan Getting A Haircut, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan Apr 1951

1951-04-03, Photograph, Pfc Dehaan Getting A Haircut, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


Undated, Program, Memorial Service For Joseph Dehaan, Joseph Dehaan, Joseph Dehaan Jan 1951

Undated, Program, Memorial Service For Joseph Dehaan, Joseph Dehaan, Joseph Dehaan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


Undated, Photograph, Framed Medals, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan Jan 1951

Undated, Photograph, Framed Medals, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


Undated, Photograph, Three Men In Uniform, Joseph Dehaan Jan 1951

Undated, Photograph, Three Men In Uniform, Joseph Dehaan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


Undated, Photograph, Headstone, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan Jan 1951

Undated, Photograph, Headstone, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


1950, Photograph, Dehaan In Uniform, Joseph Dehaan Jan 1950

1950, Photograph, Dehaan In Uniform, Joseph Dehaan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


1950-12, Photograph, Joseph And Dorothy, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan Jan 1950

1950-12, Photograph, Joseph And Dorothy, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


1950, Photograph, Joseph And Dorothy In The Summer, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan Jan 1950

1950, Photograph, Joseph And Dorothy In The Summer, Dorothy Page, Joseph Dehaan

Joseph DeHaan Korean War correspondence

This collection contains correspondence between PFC Joseph DeHaan, USA and Dorothy Page during the Korean War. A majority of the collection was written by PFC Joseph DeHaan.


1948-01-08, Ruth To Kenneth, Ruth B. Arnold Jan 1948

1948-01-08, Ruth To Kenneth, Ruth B. Arnold

Ruth B. Arnold Post Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.


1946-06-12, Rose To Wilson, Rose Price Jun 1946

1946-06-12, Rose To Wilson, Rose Price

Series 2, Correspondence from Rose Price

This collection contains correspondence written by Master Sergeant Wilson Henry Price, USA to his family during the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. MSgt. Price was a Navajo Code Talker during the Second World War, and he is honored on the Code Talker Monument in the Window Rock Navajo Tribal Park in Arizona.


Little Things By Phillip Kaye, Philip R. Kaye Jan 1946

Little Things By Phillip Kaye, Philip R. Kaye

Jack P. Bell Second World War correspondence

The book was created by an editorial staff listed in the book. The editor-in-chief has been selected as the main creator in the metadata.


1945-10-10, Jack To Evabel, Jack P. Bell Oct 1945

1945-10-10, Jack To Evabel, Jack P. Bell

Jack P. Bell Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.