This reader's evaluation of this book is average. This is a well-written book, but it may not attract some people. If the reader is familiar with the war, this would be a great book. This reader thinks that it is interesting, but not so attractive. This book is mainly an introduction or dialogue from a war man. This is a very different writing style, but it is very interesting. Many veterans know the interesting story to tell and the way you feel during the war.
The main voice of the Clausewitz school was Colonel of the US Army and the Korean War / Vietnam War Veterinarian Harry Summers, the 1982 book "Strategy: Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War" became an instant masterpiece in the military. The reason can easily be understood. Mr. Summers believes that private policy makers, not military bureaucrats, have lost war without paying attention to the rebellion of South Vietnam, not Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam. Laos, Cambodia, Northern Vietnam will win even more full-scale invasion to more troops, more aggressive, communist evacuation centers
On April 30, 1975, Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam (southern part of Vietnam) who was supported by the United States, fell into the invasion army of the Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Communist Party of North Vietnam) within two years after the withdrawal of the US military . Raise a peace treaty in Paris in January 1973. The South Vietnamese army itself was weakened due to the withdrawal of the United States and the sharp decline of economic assistance since the North Vietnamese army carefully violated the peace agreement by beginning a massive invasion in early 1975. Nearly 400,000 Northern Vietnamese troops, 1,100 artillery shells, over 300 tanks defeated South Vietnam defenders and won the last victory of the Vietnam War in a normal battle near 4 months.