"Enormously illuminating. . . . John Prados can lead a reader, from the battle buff to the expert, through the series of campaigns near the DMZ and along Route 9 better than any other author I have read. . . . His understanding of the decision-making process in Hanoi is nuanced and sophisticated. . . . A first-rate book from a first-rate scholar." Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College "The most comprehensive treatment yet of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and its place in the war." Washington Post "An excellent book about one of ...
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"Enormously illuminating. . . . John Prados can lead a reader, from the battle buff to the expert, through the series of campaigns near the DMZ and along Route 9 better than any other author I have read. . . . His understanding of the decision-making process in Hanoi is nuanced and sophisticated. . . . A first-rate book from a first-rate scholar." Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College "The most comprehensive treatment yet of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and its place in the war." Washington Post "An excellent book about one of the most important facets of the Vietnam War. . . . From now on it will be irresponsible for any Vietnam War scholar to deal with the strategy for this still controversial conflict without referring to The Blood Road, a thoughtful, painstakingly researched book." The Quarterly Journal of Military History "A valuable work of interest to all scholars of the Vietnam War." Journal of Military History Could the United States have won the Vietnam War if it had been able to cut off the Viet Cong from their North Vietnamese support by severing the Ho Chi Minh Trail? Acclaimed historian John Prados tackles this crucial question in this elegant, unprecedented, and exciting work of historical scholarship. Aided by recently declassified government documents and previously unavailable oral histories, memoirs, and interviews, Prados explores all sides of the conflict, providing details of the action in Hanoi and North Vietnam and avoiding the narrowly focused battle histories, atomized individual accounts, and overly generalized visions dominating previous histories. A History Book Club Selection
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Very good in Very good jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xvi, 432 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. From the author's website: John Prados is an author and analyst of national security based in Washington, DC. He is the author of more than twenty books and many articles on topics of current importance, presidential studies, international security; and diplomatic, intelligence, or military history. Pathbreaking at the time were Prados's history of the National Security Council Keepers of the Keys; and The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Intelligence and Soviet Strategic Forces (a key resource for understanding Soviet military power). The Blood Road is a book reframing the war through the lens of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Derived from a Kirkus review: An intriguing analysis of the American war in Vietnam, as seen through the prism of the North Vietnamese supply line known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail. When historians examine the military engagements of the war, they usually focus on the 1965-68 Rolling Thunder bombing campaign, the 1968 Tet Offensive, the 1968 siege at Khe Sanh, the 1972 North Vietnamese Easter Offensive, and the so-called Christmas bombings of 1972. But Prados makes a convincing case that the building of, North Vietnamese use of, and American and South Vietnamese attacks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail instead constitute the most important military aspects of the war: Calling this 12, 000-mile network of roads and paths the North Vietnamese "highway to victory". His well-researched book contains impressively detailed nuts-and-bolts descriptions of how the trail was built and maintained. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, he says, "made that possible." An original account of the Vietnam War, interpreted logistically.
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials.
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