Advice And Support: The Final Years 1965-1973 [Illustrated Edition]

The United States Army in Vietnam #2

by Jeffrey J. Clarke

South Vietnamese during Vietnam, dealing with communication amongst U.S. Forces.

1002 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Michael Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book to be one of the best volumes on the Vietnamese war. It is simply and concise with none of the normal flaws of other volumes that are written to either condemn the war or blame others for their mistakes. As a former advisor to the South Vietnamese Army, I think this book is fair and balanced.

[Liam · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book, unfortunately, reads more like a statistical abstract than a work of history. It contains a great deal of information, but is extremely dry and boring to read. Ironically, all those numbers, graphs, and tables are reminiscent of one of the key mistakes that U.S. Government officials (particularly Robert MacNamara) made in their approach to the Viet Nam conflict. The first volume in the series, 'Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960' by Ronald H. Spector, is, at least in my view, both more interesting and better written.