westmoreland: the general who lost vietnam

Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam by Lewis Sorley. Unfortunately, as Lewis Sorley – a former member of Westmoreland’s staff and author of the recently released biography Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam – explains, the confidence which Westmoreland’s looks inspired was ill-founded. Dr. Lewis Sorley, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and prominent military historian, gives us the answer in his book, “ Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam .”. Hola, Identifícate. It is not a balanced biography of Westmoreland so much as it is an indictment, and a damning one at that. Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914–2005. I. Generals— United States—Biography. Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (10/16/2012) Westmoreland (Hardcover) The General Who Lost Vietnam. Westmoreland was the nation’s number one Vietnam vet whose wife, Kitsy, lost a brother killed in the war, LTC Frederick Van Deusen. “Westmoreland is a great book, a classic by an author who knows his subject well and tells the story without hesitation.”. Get this from a library! Sorley provides an excellent biography of the man, and also turns a piercing eye at how Westmoreland ran the ground war in Vietnam. Army—Biography. 3. 2. General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Biography. By Lewis Sorley. I, for one, am not quite ready to say that Westmoreland was "The One" who lost Vietnam, but Sorley certainly makes a solid case that his approach was flawed. "Of course, he [Giap] was a formidable adversary", Westmoreland told correspondent W. Thomas Smith Jr."Let me also say that Giap was trained in small-unit, guerrilla tactics, but he persisted in waging a big-unit war with terrible losses to his own men. Publication Date: October 11, 2011. Although some might give this dubious distinction to another individual (such as President Lyndon Johnson), Sorley builds a powerful case against Westmoreland. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780547518268, 416pp. Biographies of Julius Caesar, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon … 395 pp., $30. October 12, 2011 Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam Military historian Lewis Sorley recouneds the career of General William Westmorland, who led American forces in … Westmoreland, "Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam," is like watching a slow-motion replay of an oncoming train wreck. Our Reviewer : Bill Gross is a retired Colonel … p. cm. Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam. 4, p 84. Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam. It is reprinted here with the permission of the Gazette. A more fitting title might perhaps be, Westmoreland, The General Who, with the Aid of Others, Lost the Vietnam War. [Lewis Sorley] -- "Unless and until we understand General William Westmoreland, we will never understand what went wrong in Vietnam. By his own admission, by early 1969, I think, he had lost, what, a half million soldiers? In “Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam,” Lewis Sorley exposes the four-star general as a military wunderkind whose combat acumen failed him when he needed it most. United States. Westmoreland : the general who lost Vietnam / Lewis Sorley. Westmoreland: The General who Lost Vietnam - Lewis Sorley - Google Books. "Westmoreland is a great book, a classic by an author who knows his subject well and tells the story without hesitation. 4. General William Childs Westmoreland was the US Army commander who led American forces during the early years of the Vietnam War.Having entered the service in 1932, he distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War.Appointed to lead US forces in Vietnam in 1964, he sought to defeat the Viet Cong through the large-scale use of artillery, air power, and large-unit battles. Despite a career building upon his experience as an Eagle Scout at 15, First Captain of his West Point class, combat commander in World War II and Korea, … Editor's Note: This review originally appeared in the Marine Corps Gazette, 96, no. — General Donn A. Starry, U.S. Army (ret. Title. ISBN 978-0-547-51826-8 1. Westmoreland is still … Although Sorley (A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and the Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam, 1999, etc.) In a 1998 interview for George magazine, Westmoreland criticized the battlefield prowess of his direct opponent, North Vietnamese general Võ Nguyên Giáp. Click here for the lowest price! Lewis Sorley’s book, Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam, is the latest salvo against him. Sorley provides an excellent biography of the man, and also turns a piercing eye at how Westmoreland ran the ground war in Vietnam. Hardcover, 9780547518268, 0547518269 He earned an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1936; his fellow cadets called him “Westy.” As a young field officer, Westmoreland met and married Katherine Van Deusen, and the couple went on to have t… But it is also a disturbing book. Lewis Sorley has raised an interesting question - can our failure in Vietnam be traced to one man, the general in command, William Westmoreland? On Lewis Sorley’s Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam GreGory A. DADDis S tudying the individual commander’s role in war has been a staple of military history since Homer’s epic the Iliad. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2011. ), Commander, Army Training and Doctrine Command (1977–1981) Is it possible that the riddle of America’s military failure in Vietnam has a one-word, one-man answer? Westmoreland : the general who lost Vietnam. Prueba “Westmoreland is a great book, a classic by an author who knows his subject well and tells the story without hesitation.” — General Donn A. Starry, U.S. Army (ret. The result of this collision is known: failure of the U.S. military mission, 58,000-plus dead Americans, the U.S. divided and at political war with itself, a once-proud military left tarnished, exhausted and in disrepute. He reported this. William Westmoreland was born in 1914 near Spartanburg, South Carolina, into a family whose ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War and served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Now su… Cuenta y Listas Identifícate Cuenta y Listas Devoluciones y Pedidos. ), Commander, Army Training and Doctrine Command (1977–1981)Is it possible that the riddle of America’s military failure in Vietnam has a one-word, one-man answer?Unless and until we understand … This is an important book, extensively researched and argued with precision. e" Washington Times "No American general has ever been more vilified than William C. Westmoreland, our senior military commander in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 and the only American general to lose a war... 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