TY - BOOK ID - 103633050 TI - Westmoreland's war PY - 2014 SN - 0199316503 1306134781 019931652X 0190231467 0199316511 9780199316519 9780199316502 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Campaigns. KW - Westmoreland, William C. KW - Military leadership. KW - Westmoreland, William Childs, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:103633050 AB - General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of ""attrition"" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high ""body counts"" through a ""big unit war"" that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. Many believe the U.S. Army failed in Vietnam because of Westmoreland's misguided and narrow strategy In a groundbreaking reassessment of American military strategy in Vietnam, Gregory Daddis overturns conventional wisdom and shows how Westmoreland did indeed develop a comprehensive campaign which included ER -