Vietnam War: The Essential Reference Guide Available to Purchase

Vietnam War: The Essential Reference Guide is edited by James H. Willbanks, who, according to the About the Editor section at the end of the volume, is a “retired Army officer” who gained first-hand knowledge of the Vietnam War as an adviser “with a South Vietnamese infantry regiment during the 1972 North Vietnamese Easter Offensive” (p. 343). Willbanks is currently affiliated with the US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, serving as the Chair of Military History and Director of the Department of Military History.

The volume is divided into the substantive sections of Overview, Causes, Consequences,...