The Battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam: They Did Everything But Learn from it

David M. Toczek

The Battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam: They Did Everything But Learn from it
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Country
United States
Published
3 September 2007
Pages
185
ISBN
9781591148531

The Battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam: They Did Everything But Learn from it

David M. Toczek

On January 2, 1963, the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) and its American advisers were soundly defeated by Viet Cong guerrilla forces at Ap Bac. The loss should have caused U.S. policy makers to question the value of their efforts to train and equip the ARVN troops, but they failed to perceive the battle�s significance. Toczek notes that while a few tactical changes resulted from the battle, no policy changes were made, not even to the structure of the advisory system. This careful examination of a battle seen as a metaphor of the entire Vietnam War will prove useful to readers eager to avoid the pitfalls of the past as they consider how best to fight insurgents of the twenty-first century. AUTHOR: David M. Toczek is a former assistant professor at the U.S Military Academy at West Point and a graduate of the School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 13 photos, 10 maps

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