Vietnam's high ground : armed struggle for the Central Highlands, 1954-1965 / J.P. Harris.

"The most comprehensive and accurate examination of one of the least studied and least understood theaters--the Central Highlands--in what Americans came to call the Vietnam War (or what the Vietnamese called the Second Indochina War, following France's defeat in 1954). Focusing on the 1960-1965 per...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Modern war studies.
Main Author: Harris, J. P.
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2016.
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns > Vietnam > Central Highlands.
Central Highlands (Vietnam) > History, Military > 20th century.
Military campaigns.
Vietnam > Central Highlands.
1900-1999
Military history.
Genre:
Military history.
Physical Description:xi, 400 pages : illustrations, maps.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Vietnam and the Central Highlands to 1954
  • The Diem regime and the Central Highlands, 1954-1960
  • War in the Central Highlands, 1960-1961
  • Buon Enao and the Civilian Irregular Defense Group, 1962
  • Refugees, strategic hamlets, and ARVN operations, 1962
  • Reversal of fortune, 1963
  • The Central Highlands, January-June 1964
  • Crisis in the highlands, July-December 1964
  • An escalating war, January-March 1965
  • The monsoon offensive, April-August 1965
  • Plei Me : background, siege, and relief, August-October 1965
  • Retreat, search, and pursuit, October-November 1965
  • Catecka and X-Ray, November 1965
  • Albany and after, November-December 1965.