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Admirals under fire : the US Navy and the Vietnam War /

"An examination of how America's top naval leaders-Admirals Zumwalt, Moorer, Sharp, Holloway, and Felt-dealt with the challenges of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, with a discussion of their relationships with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter and Secretaries of Defen...

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Main Authors: Marolda, Edward J.
Group Author: Lehman, John F.
Published: Texas Tech University Press,
Publisher Address: Lubbock, Texas :
Publication Dates: [2021]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Peace and conflict series
Subjects:
United States. > Navy > History > Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States. > Navy > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Navy.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Naval operations, American.
Admirals > United States > Biography.
Admirals.
Armed Forces > Officers.
Military operations, Naval > American.
United States.
Summary: "An examination of how America's top naval leaders-Admirals Zumwalt, Moorer, Sharp, Holloway, and Felt-dealt with the challenges of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, with a discussion of their relationships with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter and Secretaries of Defense McNamara, Laird, and Schlesinger"--
Carrier Form: xxiii, 496 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-473) and index.
ISBN: 9781682830895
1682830896
Index Number: DS558
CLC: K837.125.2
Call Number: K837.125.2/M354
Contents: Chapter 1. Steaming into the abyss -- Chapter 2. At the brink -- Chapter 3. Upping the ante -- Chapter 4. Command in crisis -- Chapter 5. Navy troubles -- Chapter 6. White knight of the delta -- Chapter 7. Fighting to retreat -- Chapter 8. Test of fire -- Chapter 9. A new broom -- Chapter 10. Revolution in the navy -- Chapter 11. Fighting Washington -- Chapter 12. The end game -- Chapter 13. Conclusion.

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