01689cam a2200313 i 4500 377117982 TxGeo 20190330120000.0 040713s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004016278 9780253018991 hbk. 0253018994 hbk. (OCoLC)55990164 TxGeo rda Willbanks, James H., 1947- The battle of An Loc / James H. Willbanks. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2005. xxi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index. "With the knowledge born of firsthand experience, James H. Willbanks tells the story of the sixty-day siege of An Loc. In 1972, late in the Vietnam War, a small group of South Vietnamese held off three North Vietnamese divisions and helped prevent a direct attack on Saigon. The battle can be considered one of the major events during the gradual American exit from Vietnam. An adviser to the South Vietnamese during the battle, Willbanks places the battle in the context of the shifting role of the American forces and a policy decision to shift more of the burden of fighting the war onto the Vietnamese troops. 20190330. An Loc, Battle of, An L̂ọc, Vietnam, 1972. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Vietnam. QS5