Provides convincing answers to the question of what went wrong in Vietnam.

Includes index. Includes maps of: [South Vietnam].

Foreword by Jack Merritt -- Introduction: Tactical victory, strategic defeat -- pt. 1. The environment. The national will: the people -- The national will: the congress -- Friction: the people -- Friction: the bureaucracy -- Friction: the danger -- Friction: the doctrine -- Friction: the dogma -- pt. 2. The engagement. Tactics, grand tactics, and strategy -- The objective -- The offensive -- Mass, economy of force, and maneuver -- Unity of command -- Security and surprise -- Simplicity -- Coalition warfare.