The Brown Water War at 50. A Retrospective on the Coastal and Riverine Conflict in Vietnam

Издание на английском языке.
In this retrospective, editors Thomas Cutler and Edward Marolda describe not only the actions of the warships, aircraft, and river vessels involved in one of America’s longest wars, but also the professional skill, dedication, and courage of the Sea Service men and women who went into harm’s way in Vietnam. The contributors detail the development and combat experience of the Navy’s River Patrol Force, the Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force, and the other naval elements who fought the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army in the so-called “brown water war” of Vietnam.

Contents
Foreword
Capt. Thomas G. Kelley, USN (Ret.)
Introduction
Thomas J. Cutler and Edward J. Marolda
1 Reflections of a Brown Water Sailor
Thomas J. Cutler
2 Mastering Warfare on the Rivers and Coast of Vietnam
Edward J. Marolda
3 My Vietnam War, 1969-1971
Peter M. Swartz, Captain, USN (Ret.)
4 WestPac Workhorse: Washoe County (LST 1165)
Paul Stillwell
5 Heavy Hitter of the Mekong Delta: The Army-Navy
Mobile Riverine Force
Andrew Wiest
6 “War Every Day”: Air Support to the Naval War
7 Vietnam Marines Afloat and Ashore
Charles D. Melson
8 The Vietnam Navy and Vietnam Marine Corps: Missions, Organization, and Operations
George J. Veith
9 Sihanoukville: Underestimating Chinese Arms Shipments to Southern Vietnam, 1966-1970
Richard A. Mobley
10 Chinas Support to the Vietnamese Communists
Xiaobing Li
11 Navy Medicine: The Vietnam Experience
Jan K. Herman
12 Igloo White and Duffel Bag: A New Kind of War in Vietnam
Norman Friedman
About the Contributors
Index