Airpower & the 1972 Spring Invasion

Since 1969, Pres. Nixon had gradually disengaged American ground forces in Vietnam, and an accelerated plan for ³Vietnamizing² U.S. war roles had taken form. The U.S. remained determined to avoid further new commitments of U.S. ground forces. In 1972 N. Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap bid for victory, gambling the full strength of the N. Vietnamese Army and its weaponry. Allied officers agreed that an early offensive was possible, likely in the middle of Feb., and Nixon¹s scheduled visit to the China. This monograph recounts the myriad of widely separate but not unrelated events and operations that took place during the spring invasion of 1972. Illustrated.Lavalle, A. J. C is the author of 'Airpower & the 1972 Spring Invasion' with ISBN 9780756710156 and ISBN 0756710154.