Washington, D.C. Center of Military History, United States Army, 1988. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xxi, [1], 561, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps (color). Fold-outs. Footnotes. Bibliographical Note. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Black mark on title page. Black mark on fore-edge. Dr. Jeffrey J. Clarke was the Director of the Center of Military History. Dr. Jeffrey J. Clarke received his MA and Ph.D. in history from Duke University. Dr. Clarke served as a combat historian in Vietnam, and has been a research and writing historian at the U.S. Army's Center of Military History since 1971. He has authored several official histories as well as numerous articles on military history in the 20th century. His major publications include Riviera to the Rhine, the history of the U.S. Seventh Army and 6th Army Group during World War II, and The Final Years, the story of the U.S. advisory effort in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973. Dr. Clarke has also taught history at Rutgers University and the University of Maryland for over twenty-five years, and served in the Army Reserve, retiring in 1991 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. More