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U. S. Army Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual by Chris McNab (2021, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
ISBN-10
1636240305
ISBN-13
9781636240305
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15050390821

Product Key Features

Book Title
U. S. Army Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Vietnam War, Asia / General, Military / United States
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Chris Mcnab
Book Series
The Pocket Manual Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-278511
Reviews
It is a valuable research tool for general readers seeking an overview of infantry combat during the Vietnam War and is particularly useful for those who wish to gain a closer understanding of the conduct of ground operations. The book's detailed breakdowns of tactics and analyses produced by military minds is perhaps its greatest strength, making it particularly valuable to readers with an interest in studying counterinsurgency and the fine details of infantry combat techniques.
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
959.7043373
Table Of Content
Introduction1. Training2. Kit, equipment and weaponry3. The enemy4. Tactics - Search-and-destroy and irregular warfare5. Airmobile combat and air/fire support6. Survival, escape, and evasion
Synopsis
Pocket manuals bring together a wealth of information from a wide variety of training manuals and tactical documents. Between 1964 and 1975, 2.6 million American personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, of whom an estimated 1-1.6 million actually fought in combat. At the tip of the spear was the infantry, the "grunts" who entered an extraordinary tropical combat zone completely alien to the world they had left behind in the United States. In South Vietnam, and occasionally spilling over into neighboring Laos and Cambodia, they fought a relentless counterinsurgency and conventional war against the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC). The terrain was as challenging as the enemy - soaring mountains or jungle-choked valleys; bleached, sandy coastal zones; major urban centers; riverine districts. Their opponents fought them with relentless and terrible ingenuity with ambushes, booby traps, and mines, then occasionally with full-force offensives on a scale to rival the campaigns of World War II.This pocket manual draws its content not only from essential U.S. military field manuals of the Vietnam era, but also a vast collection of declassified primary documents, including rare after-action reports, intelligence analysis, firsthand accounts, and combat studies. Through these documents the pocket manual provides a deep insight into what it was like for infantry to live, survive, and fight in Vietnam, whether conducting a major airmobile search-and-destroy operation or conducting endless hot and humid small-unit patrols from jungle firebases. The book includes infantry intelligence documents about the NVA and VC threats, plus chapters explaining hard-won lessons about using weaponry, surviving and moving through the jungle, tactical maneuvers, and applications of the ubiquitous helicopter for combat and support., A detailed insight into what it was like as an infantryman during the Vietnam War, drawing on field manuals from the time, declassified primary documents and first-hand accounts.
LC Classification Number
DS558