Nixon's Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972

by John Darrell Sherwood

This book focuses on the three prongs of the naval trident that President Nixon wielded during the final years of the Vietnam War: naval air power, naval bombardment, and mine warfare. For much of this period, Navy aircraft sought to hamper the flow of supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos-a huge investment in air power resources that ultimately proved fruitless. After North Vietnam's invasion of the South in 1972, however, Navy tactical aviation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1494258781
• ISBN13: 9781494258788
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 20 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5