Grab Their Belts to Fight Them
- Subject: Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) | eBook Editions | General Military & Naval History | Vietnam War
- Format:
Hardcover
- Pages:
304pages
- Published:
May 15, 2011
- ISBN-10:
1591149614
- ISBN-13:
9781591149613
- Product Dimensions:
9 × 6 × 1 in
- Product Weight:
12 oz
Overview
Grab Them by their Belts, unlike much of the existing body English literature on the Vietnam War, mined the expansive Communist historiography on the conflict to craft an authentic and accurate account of the big unit war from a Communist perspective. Communist memoirs, unit histories, and battlefield studies were extensively consulted to reconstruct the formation and deployment of major VC/NVA military units, battles and campaigns, and the overarching strategic debates that informed the big unit war. Additionally, Grab Them by Their Belts recounts how the Communist big unit war reflected the desire to crush South Vietnam quickly and decisively, and how the failure of that war influenced the decision to launch the Tet Offensive.
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Editorial Reviews
"Grab Their Belts to Fight Them portrays the VC as a more complex organism than previously understood, and Wilkins's account of VC big-unit warfare between 1965 and 1966 is a necessary addition to the literature if we wish to keep learning from the Vietnam War. If nothing else, this assessment of VC fighting highlights the fact that, with the right strategic direction, seemingly unconventional armies are quite capable of fighting in a more conventional manner, whether or not they wear pajamas." — Air & Space Power Journal