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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700614338
ISBN-13
9780700614332
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50697823
Product Key Features
Book Title
Arvn : Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Asia / Southeast Asia, Military / World War II, Military / Vietnam War, Military / General
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Yes
Genre
History
Book Series
Modern War Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
16.1 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.5 in
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Trade
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2005-033830
Reviews
"Brighams interviews vividly capture the feelings, aspirations,and fears of foot soldiers as they prepared for battle and coped with imminent defeat."The Historian "Brigham exposes . . . accepted wisdom [about the Army of the Republic of Vietnam] to the harsh glow of scholarly analysis. In a wide-ranging study enriched by hundreds of interviews with South Vietnamese soldiers and their families, he examines the training, the leadership, and the morale of the South Vietnamese armed forces, as well as the social environment in which they operated during two decades of intense internal conflict. In the process, he concludes that while there was undoubtedly more than a grain of truth in ARVNs public image, there were a number of extenuating circumstances that must be taken into account before rendering a final judgment about its performance during the Vietnam War."American Historical Review "A major contribution to our understanding of the Republic of Vietnam and its armed forces, of the reasons for U.S. failure in Vietnam, and, more important, of the human impact of that failure."International History Review "As we struggle to help create a new army in Iraq today, we can find in Brighams narrative a host of insights and lessons that could have direct application in Southwest Asia. I recommend it unreservedly to today's armor officer of any grade. . . . This book serves as a great case study in how notto build an army, an extremely valuable lesson for today."Armor, In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book.Fredrik Logevall , author of The Origins of the Vietnam War A vivid and sympathetic account of the ARVN enlisted men. . . . An absolutely important book for those who want to understand why the American war efforts in Vietnam failed.Ngo Vinh Long , coeditor of Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War Comprehensive, insightful, and felicitously written. The best book Ive read on the ARVN.Jeffrey Kimball , author of Nixons Vietnam War and The Vietnam War Files, "In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book."- Fredrik Logevall , author of The Origins of the Vietnam War "A vivid and sympathetic account of the ARVN enlisted men. . . . An absolutely important book for those who want to understand why the American war efforts in Vietnam failed."- Ngo Vinh Long , coeditor of Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War "Comprehensive, insightful, and felicitously written. The best book I've read on the ARVN."- Jeffrey Kimball , author of Nixon's Vietnam War and The Vietnam War Files, "In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book."-- Fredrik Logevall , author of The Origins of the Vietnam War "A vivid and sympathetic account of the ARVN enlisted men. . . . An absolutely important book for those who want to understand why the American war efforts in Vietnam failed."-- Ngo Vinh Long , coeditor of Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War "Comprehensive, insightful, and felicitously written. The best book I've read on the ARVN."-- Jeffrey Kimball , author of Nixon's Vietnam War and The Vietnam War Files, "Brigham's interviews vividly capture the feelings, aspirations,and fears of foot soldiers as they prepared for battle and coped with imminent defeat."-- The Historian "Brigham exposes . . . accepted wisdom [about the Army of the Republic of Vietnam] to the harsh glow of scholarly analysis. In a wide-ranging study enriched by hundreds of interviews with South Vietnamese soldiers and their families, he examines the training, the leadership, and the morale of the South Vietnamese armed forces, as well as the social environment in which they operated during two decades of intense internal conflict. In the process, he concludes that while there was undoubtedly more than a grain of truth in ARVN's public image, there were a number of extenuating circumstances that must be taken into account before rendering a final judgment about its performance during the Vietnam War."-- American Historical Review "A major contribution to our understanding of the Republic of Vietnam and its armed forces, of the reasons for U.S. failure in Vietnam, and, more important, of the human impact of that failure."-- International History Review "As we struggle to help create a new army in Iraq today, we can find in Brigham's narrative a host of insights and lessons that could have direct application in Southwest Asia. I recommend it unreservedly to today's armor officer of any grade. . . . This book serves as a great case study in how "not" to build an army, an extremely valuable lesson for today."-- Armor, In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book.
Table Of Content
Preface 1. Conscription 2. Training 3. Morale 4. Battles 5. Families Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Scorned by allies and enemies alike, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was one of the most maligned fighting forces in modern history. Cobbled together by U.S. advisers from the remnants of the French-inspired Vietnamese National Army, it was effectively pushed aside by the Americans in 1965. When toward the end of the war the army was compelled to reassert itself, it was too little, too late for all concerned. In this first in-depth history of the ARVN from 1955 to 1975, Robert Brigham takes readers into the barracks and training centers of the ARVN to plumb the hearts and souls of these forgotten soldiers. Through his masterly command of Vietnamese-language sources--diaries, memoirs, letters, oral interviews, and more--he explores the lives of ordinary men, focusing on troop morale and motivation within the context of traditional Vietnamese society and a regime that made impossible demands upon its soldiers. Offering keen insights into ARVN veterans' lives as both soldiers and devout kinsmen, Brigham reveals what they thought about their American allies, their Communist enemies, and their own government. He describes the conscription policy that forced these men into the army for indefinite periods with a shameful lack of training and battlefield preparation and examines how soldiers felt about barracks life in provinces far from their homes. He also explores the cultural causes of the ARVN's estrangement from the government and describes key military engagements that defined the achievements, failures, and limitations of the ARVN as a fighting force. Along the way, he explodes some of the myths about ARVN soldiers' cowardice, corruption, and lack of patriotism that have made the ARVN the scapegoat for America's defeat. Ultimately, as Brigham shows, without any real political commitment to a divided Vietnam or vision for the future, the ARVN retreated into a subnational culture that redefined the war's meaning: saving their families. His fascinating book gives us a fuller understanding not only of the Vietnam War but also of the problems associated with U.S. nation building through military intervention., The first book dedicated solely to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)--"also known as the South Vietnamese Army--"focuses on troop morale and motivation within the context of traditional Vietnamese society and culture, and the very shaky and paranoid political regime that made unrealistic demands upon its soldiers without giving them the training, equipment, leadership, and ideology they needed to succeed.
LC Classification Number
UA853.V48B86 2006
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