The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War.(Book review)

From: Infantry Magazine | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: O'Sullivan, Curtis H. | Copyright information

The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War. By John M. Shaw. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2005, 222 pages, $34.95.

The total Vietnam War has received a surfeit of attention, but the Cambodian Campaign has gotten surprisingly little coverage. This was an initial test of Vietnamization in 1970 with the hope of a dignified withdrawal of U.S. ground forces. The author, John M. Shaw, claims it was one of the most successful operations of...