Reviews
"This translation offers Asian specialists of all disciplines, military and political historians, and students of revolutionary movements a wealth of information, much of it previously unavailable in any language, and a critical perspective that are certain to stimulate controversy and suggest new avenues of research for decades to come. As such, Victory in Vietnam is essential reading."-- Journal of Asian Studies, "Merle Pribbenow's fine translation of this important PAVN official history of the war from 1954 to 1975 contains much detail never before available in English. . . . A valuable resource for serious students of the Vietnam War."-- Edwin E. Moise , author of Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War "Pribbenow's skillful and graceful translation provides valuable insights into many aspects of the Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese perspective, which is often surprisingly candid. He deserves our thanks for making this important volume accessible to a wider audience."-- Lewis Sorley , author of A Better War "Fills a yawning gap in the growing literature on the Vietnam War."-- William J. Duiker , author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life, "Merle Pribbenows fine translation of this important PAVN official history of the war from 1954 to 1975 contains much detail never before available in English. . . . A valuable resource for serious students of the Vietnam War."Edwin E. Mose , author of Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War "Pribbenows skillful and graceful translation provides valuable insights into many aspects of the Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese perspective, which is often surprisingly candid. He deserves our thanks for making this important volume accessible to a wider audience."Lewis Sorley , author of A Better War "Fills a yawning gap in the growing literature on the Vietnam War."William J. Duiker , author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life, "A significant addition to the historiography of the Vietnam War. . . . The importance of this book is that it provides the viewpoint of our enemy during our longest and probably most controversial war."- Armor, "This book, the definitive statement of the Vietnamese communist point of view, reveals that many of the accepted truths in our own histories of the war are simply wrong."- Air & Space Power Journal, "Merle Pribbenow's fine translation of this important PAVN official history of the war from 1954 to 1975 contains much detail never before available in English. . . . A valuable resource for serious students of the Vietnam War."-- Edwin E. Mose , author of Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War "Pribbenow's skillful and graceful translation provides valuable insights into many aspects of the Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese perspective, which is often surprisingly candid. He deserves our thanks for making this important volume accessible to a wider audience."-- Lewis Sorley , author of A Better War "Fills a yawning gap in the growing literature on the Vietnam War."-- William J. Duiker , author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life, "This book is important and will serve as an essential source for those writing about the Vietnam War. If for no other reason, scholars and students will be able to refer to it to discover the official Hanoi position on various aspects of the war."-- The Historian, "Merle Pribbenow's fine translation of this important PAVN official history of the war from 1954 to 1975 contains much detail never before available in English. . . . A valuable resource for serious students of the Vietnam War."-- Edwin E. Moïse , author of Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War "Pribbenow's skillful and graceful translation provides valuable insights into many aspects of the Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese perspective, which is often surprisingly candid. He deserves our thanks for making this important volume accessible to a wider audience."-- Lewis Sorley , author of A Better War "Fills a yawning gap in the growing literature on the Vietnam War."-- William J. Duiker , author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life, "This book is important and will serve as an essential source for those writing about the Vietnam War. If for no other reason, scholars and students will be able to refer to it to discover the official Hanoi position on various aspects of the war."- The Historian, "This book, the definitive statement of the Vietnamese communist point of view, reveals that many of the accepted truths in our own histories of the war are simply wrong."-- Air & Space Power Journal, "Merle Pribbenow's fine translation of this important PAVN official history of the war from 1954 to 1975 contains much detail never before available in English. . . . A valuable resource for serious students of the Vietnam War."- Edwin E. Moise , author of Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War "Pribbenow's skillful and graceful translation provides valuable insights into many aspects of the Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese perspective, which is often surprisingly candid. He deserves our thanks for making this important volume accessible to a wider audience."- Lewis Sorley , author of A Better War "Fills a yawning gap in the growing literature on the Vietnam War."- William J. Duiker , author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life, "This translation offers Asian specialists of all disciplines, military and political historians, and students of revolutionary movements a wealth of information, much of it previously unavailable in any language, and a critical perspective that are certain to stimulate controversy and suggest new avenues of research for decades to come. As such, Victory in Vietnam is essential reading."- Journal of Asian Studies, "An important . . . book . . . well worth reading. A unique addition to the history of the war. . . . While heavily laced with Marxist-Leninist rhetoric and Socialist propaganda, the book offers unique, often surprising insights."Military Review "A significant addition to the historiography of the Vietnam War. . . . The importance of this book is that it provides the viewpoint of our enemy during our longest and probably most controversial war."Armor "This book is important and will serve as an essential source for those writing about the Vietnam War. If for no other reason, scholars and students will be able to refer to it to discover the official Hanoi position on various aspects of the war."The Historian "This translation offers Asian specialists of all disciplines, military and political historians, and students of revolutionary movements a wealth of information, much of it previously unavailable in any language, and a critical perspective that are certain to stimulate controversy and suggest new avenues of research for decades to come. As such, Victory in Vietnam is essential reading."Journal of Asian Studies "This book, the definitive statement of the Vietnamese communist point of view, reveals that many of the accepted truths in our own histories of the war are simply wrong."Air & Space Power Journal, "An important . . . book . . . well worth reading. A unique addition to the history of the war. . . . While heavily laced with Marxist-Leninist rhetoric and Socialist propaganda, the book offers unique, often surprising insights."-- Military Review "A significant addition to the historiography of the Vietnam War. . . . The importance of this book is that it provides the viewpoint of our enemy during our longest and probably most controversial war."-- Armor "This book is important and will serve as an essential source for those writing about the Vietnam War. If for no other reason, scholars and students will be able to refer to it to discover the official Hanoi position on various aspects of the war."-- The Historian "This translation offers Asian specialists of all disciplines, military and political historians, and students of revolutionary movements a wealth of information, much of it previously unavailable in any language, and a critical perspective that are certain to stimulate controversy and suggest new avenues of research for decades to come. As such, Victory in Vietnam is essential reading."-- Journal of Asian Studies "This book, the definitive statement of the Vietnamese communist point of view, reveals that many of the accepted truths in our own histories of the war are simply wrong."-- Air & Space Power Journal, "An important . . . book . . . well worth reading. A unique addition to the history of the war. . . . While heavily laced with Marxist-Leninist rhetoric and Socialist propaganda, the book offers unique, often surprising insights."- Military Review, "An important . . . book . . . well worth reading. A unique addition to the history of the war. . . . While heavily laced with Marxist-Leninist rhetoric and Socialist propaganda, the book offers unique, often surprising insights."-- Military Review
Table of Content
Foreword: The History of the People's Army, William J. Duiker Translator's Preface List of Terminology Introduction Part I. Building the People's Army into a Regular, Modern Armed Force: Maintaining and Developing Revolutionary Armed Forces in the South, 1954-1960 1. Urgently Reorganizing Our Forces: Preparations to Deal with a New Enemy 2. The People's Army Begins to Build a Modern, Regular Army: Maintaining Our Armed Teams in South Vietnam 3. The Developments of Our Armed Forces during the General Uprising Movement: The Birth of Transportation Group 559 Part II. Intensifying the Work of Building a Modern, Regular Army, Expanding Our Massed Forces in South Vietnam, and Defeating the "Special Warfare" Strategy of the American Imperialists, 1961-1965 4. Developing Forces, Building a Battle Posture, and Preparing for a New Struggle 5. Increasing the Combat Strength of Our Main Force Mobile Troops and Developing Our Massed Troops on the Battlefields of South Vietnam 6. Intensifying Massed Combat Operations: Fighting Alongside the Entire Population to Defeat the American Imperialist "Special War" Strategy Part III. The People's Army of Vietnam Simultaneously Fights and Conducts Force Building and, Together with the Entire Population, Defeats the "Limited Warfare" Strategy of the American Imperialists, 1965-1968 7. Rapidly Expanding Our Forces and Continuing the Offensive: Initial Victories Over the Americans 8. Increasing Our Combat Power: Defeating the American Expeditionary Army in South Vietnam and the American Air Force in North Vietnam 9. The People's Army, Together with the Entire Population, Conducts the General Offensive and Uprising of Tet 1968 Part IV. The People's Army of Vietnam Launches Large-Scale Combined-Arms Operations and, Together with the Entire Population, Partially Defeats the U.S. Imperialists' Strategy to "Vietnamize" the War, 1969-1972 10. Maintaining Our Main Force Elements in South Vietnam, Conducting Counterattacks and Offensives, and Developing a New Strategic Posture 11. Increasing Our Ability to Conduct Combined-Arms Operations and Intensifying Counterattacks and Offensives in the Three Nations of Indochina, 1970-1791 12. The People's Army, Local Armed Forces, and the Entire Population Launch the 1972 Strategic Offensive and Defeat the Enemy's Second War of Destruction Against North Vietnam 13. Air Defense and Air Force Units Conduct an Anti-Aircraft Campaign: Defeating the B-52 Strategic Bombing Raids Conducted by the American Imperialists Part V. The Formation of Strategic Army Corps: The Entire Nation Urgently Prepares and Launches the Spring 1975 General Offensive and Uprising, Bringing the Resistance War against the United States to Save the Nation to a Victorious Conclusion 1973-1975 14. Developing Mobile Main Force Corps-Sized Units, Combating Enemy Efforts to Capture Our Territory, Creating a New Battlefield Posture, and Preparing for the General Offensive and Uprising 15. Striking with Combined-Arms Power: Seizing the City of Ban Me Thuot, Liberating the Central Highlands, and Opening the Way for the Spring 1975 General Offensive and Uprising 16. Seizing the Opportunity: The Armed Forces of Military Region Tri-Thien, Military Region 5, and 2nd Corps Coordinate Attacks to Liberate Hue, Danage, and the Provinces of Central Vietnam 17. The Ho Chi Minh Campaign: The People's Army and the Entire Nation Fight the Decisive Battle to Liberate Saigon and the Provinces of Cochin China, Bringing the War against American to Save the Nation to a Glorious Conclusion Conclusion Notes Index
