Victory in Vietnam

Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents
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Foreword: The History of the People’s Army, William J. Duiker
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Translator’s Preface
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List of Terminology
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Introduction
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Part I. Building the People’s Army into a Regular, Modern Armed Force:
Maintaining and Developing Revolutionary Armed Forces in the
South, 1954–1960
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1. Urgently Reorganizing Our Forces: Preparations to Deal with a New
Enemy
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2. The People’s Army Begins to Build a Modern, Regular Army: Maintaining
Our Armed Teams in South Vietnam
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3. The Development of Our Armed Forces during the General Uprising
Movement: The Birth of Transportation Group 559
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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
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4. Developing Forces, Building a Battle Posture, and Preparing for a New
Struggle
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5. Increasing the Combat Strength of Our Main Force Mobile Troops and
Developing Our Massed Troops on the Battlefields of South Vietnam
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6. Intensifying Massed Combat Operations: Fighting alongside the Entire
Population to Defeat the American Imperialist “Special War” Strategy
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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
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7. Rapidly Expanding Our Forces and Continuing the Offensive: Initial
Victories over the Americans
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8. Increasing Our Combat Power: Defeating the American Expeditionary
Army in South Vietnam and the American Air Force in North Vietnam
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9. The People’s Army, Together with the Entire Population, Conducts the
General Offensive and Uprising of Tet 1968
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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
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10. Maintaining Our Main Force Elements in South Vietnam, Conducting
Counterattacks and Offensives, and Developing a New Strategic
Posture
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11. Increasing Our Ability to Conduct Combined-Arms Operations and
Intensifying Counterattacks and Offensives in the Three Nations of
Indochina, 1970–1971
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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
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13. Air Defense and Air Force Units Conduct an Anti-Aircraft Campaign:
Defeating the B-52 Strategic Bombing Raids Conducted by the American
Imperialists
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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
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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
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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
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16. Seizing the Opportunity: The Armed Forces of Military Region Tri-Thien,
Military Region 5, and 2nd Corps Coordinate Attacks to Liberate Hue,
Danang, and the Provinces of Central Vietnam
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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 America to Save the Nation to a Glorious
Conclusion
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Index
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Back Cover
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