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Synopsis
This comprehensive atlas covers all aspects of the controversial war, providing in-depth historical background, charting the social and economic aspects of the war, and examining Vietnamese military and political strategy.

Booknews, Inc. , May 1, 1996
Color maps and b&w and color photos provide a visual analysis of the war, with text based on both US and Vietnamese postwar accounts. Looks at the foundations of the Vietnamese nation-state, the 1954 partition of the country, the effects of the US antiwar movement, and the fall of Saigon in 1975. Details the destruction of the Viet Cong guerillas in the Tet Offensive, as well as all major battles, and tells how the war was primarily a conventional one waged by the regular armed forces of North Vietnam during the last seven years. For general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

From The Reader's Catalog:  
"[I]t is difficult to convey the realities of the Vietnam War. One of the main complaints of the more than 100,000 subscribers to Vietnam magazine is the lack of adequate maps on the war....The Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War is designed to fill that void." -- Harry G. Summers, Jr.

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