A "military classic" providing the canonical analysis of why the U.S. effort in Vietnam turned out so badly. On the Army Chief of Staff’s reading list, its insights into human behavior have inspired diverse work by many others, including two books, Anatomy of Victory by John D. Caldwell (comparative examination of four successful and failed American wars) and War Comes to Garmser by Carter Malkasian (an Afghanistan province study). Amazon's suggested military readling list places it among the top ten works of military analysis of all time.