Geoffrey Wawro is the General Olinto Mark Barsanti Professor of Military History at the University of North Texas and Director of the UNT Military History Center His primary area of emphasis is modern and contemporary military history from the French Revolution to the present. 
A good book on the war in Vietnam The author does a good job of looking at the political aspects as well as the human costs of the war An informative book for the history fans. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion Hardcover This is an amazing book The amount of research that the author poured into this book is astounding It s an honest no holding back synopsis of the war from beginning to end I d recommend this book to anyone who s interested in the Vietnam War why it happened how it affected numerous people and lessons to be learned I was provided a copy of the book from Basic Books Hachette Book Group via Netgalley All thoughts and opinions are my own Hardcover
The first comprehensive military history of the war in Vietnam The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began In its time it sparked budget deficits campus protests and an erosion of US influence around the world Long after the last helicopter evacuated Saigon Americans have continued to battle over whether it was ever a winnable war Based on thousands of pages of military diplomatic and intelligence documents Geoffrey Wawro s The Vietnam War offers a definitive account of a war of choice that was doomed from its inception In devastating detail Wawro narrates campaigns where US troops struggled even to find the enemy in the South Vietnamese wilderness let alone kill sufficient numbers to turn the tide in their favor Yet the war dragged on prolonged by presidents and military leaders who feared the political consequences of accepting defeat In the end no number of young lives lost or bombs dropped could prevent America s ally the corrupt South Vietnamese regime from collapsing the moment US troops retreated Broad definitive and illuminating The Vietnam War offers an unsettling resonant story of the limitations of American power The Vietnam War A Military History.