{"id":10261,"date":"2025-11-13T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/?p=10261"},"modified":"2025-11-05T20:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:53:42","slug":"alliances-armor-communist-diplomacy-and-armored-warfare-during-the-war-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/?p=10261","title":{"rendered":"Alliances &#038; Armor: Communist Diplomacy and Armored Warfare during the War in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" >[vc_column_text]<b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10264 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/813oO13BDXL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/813oO13BDXL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg 682w, https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/813oO13BDXL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/813oO13BDXL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-286x420.jpg 286w, https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/813oO13BDXL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/813oO13BDXL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-300x440.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"tk-markdown\"><strong>Alliances &amp; Armor: Communist Diplomacy and Armored Warfare during the War in Vietnam<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><b>Dylan Mortin<\/b><b>(<\/b><b>\uc544\uc2dc\uc544\uc5f0\uad6c\uc18c \ubc29\ubb38\uc5f0\uad6c\uc6d0<\/b><b>)<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"94\"><strong>\ubd81\ubca0\ud2b8\ub0a8\uc740 \uc65c \uadf8\ub9ac\uace0 \uc5b4\ub5bb\uac8c \uc911\uad6d\uc2dd \u2018\uc778\ubbfc\uc804\uc7c1\u2019 \uc804\ub7b5\uc5d0\uc11c \uc18c\ub828\uc2dd \uae30\uacc4\ud654 \uc804\uc7c1 \uad50\ub9ac\ub85c \uc804\ud658\ud588\uc73c\uba70, \uc774 \ubcc0\ud654\uac00 \uc5b4\ub5a4 \uc601\ud5a5\uc744 \ucd08\ub798\ud588\ub294\uac00?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jim Pomeroy\u2019s first book, an emanation of his master\u2019s thesis, follows the inverse road. It will likely provide limited additional value to international relations scholars, who now need no convincing that states absorb the weapons and tactics of their stronger peers in order to maximize their odds of victory. <em>Alliances &amp; Armor: Communist Diplomacy and Armored Warfare during the War in Vietnam<\/em> traces how North Vietnam\u2019s military doctrine evolved under the shifting influences of its stronger communist patrons (China and the Soviet Union), arguing that the country\u2019s eventual battlefield success cannot be dissociated from its diplomatic alignments. Drawing on both primary and secondary sources, Pomeroy shows how Hanoi transitioned from Maoist \u201cPeople\u2019s War\u201d strategies in the 1950s to a Soviet-style mechanized doctrine by the mid-1960s, enabled by deliveries of tanks and armored vehicles that remade Vietnamese offensive doctrine. Hence, for Pomeroy, alliance politics directly shaped battlefield outcomes: Soviet material support and doctrinal guidance allowed the North Vietnamese Army to mount increasingly mechanized offensives, culminating in the Easter Offensive of 1972 and the final Ho Chi Minh Campaign of 1975.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pomeroy\u2019s argument that Vietnam was willing to emulate Soviet ways to win its wars more rapidly and at lesser costs resonates with Mearsheimer and thus is hardly new. The work, however, brings the level of international politics to bear on the understanding of little-studied North Vietnamese military reforms and battles, which gives a higher value to the endeavor than would have been a more classical narrative focused on Vietnam\u2019s internal calculations. Admirably, Pomeroy mobilized primary sources from the two Vietnams, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States. The shift from a Chinese- compatible \u201cPeople\u2019s War\u2019 doctrine during the 1950s to a more Soviet, mechanized one during the 1960s is well demonstrated. Growing deliveries of Soviet armor allowed such an evolution, which North Vietnam\u2019s leadership hoped would unlock the inter-Vietnamese stalemate, demoralize the United States, and enable a quick and decisive defeat of the South. In that sense, this short book\u2019s mission is accomplished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryhistorychronicles.org\/article\/144892-alliances-armor-communist-diplomacy-and-armored-warfare-during-the-war-in-vietnam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\uc790\uc138\ud788 \ubcf4\uae30<\/a>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dylan Mortin(\uc544\uc2dc\uc544\uc5f0\uad6c\uc18c \ubc29\ubb38\uc5f0\uad6c\uc6d0)<\/p>\n<p>\uc774 \ucc45\uc740 \ubd81\ubca0\ud2b8\ub0a8\uc774 \uc911\uad6d\uacfc \uc18c\ub828 \uc0ac\uc774\uc758 \uc678\uad50\uc801 \uc5f0\uacc4 \uc18d\uc5d0\uc11c \uad70\uc0ac \uad50\ub9ac\ub97c \uc5b4\ub5bb\uac8c \ubc14\uafb8\uc5c8\ub294\uc9c0\ub97c \ubd84\uc11d\ud55c\ub2e4. \uadf8\ub294 \ubd81\ubca0\ud2b8\ub0a8\uc774 1950\ub144\ub300\uc5d0\ub294 \ub9c8\uc624\uc2dd \uc778\ubbfc\uc804\uc7c1 \uc804\ub7b5\uc744 \ub530\ub974\ub2e4\uac00, 1960\ub144\ub300 \uc18c\ub828\uc758 \ubb34\uae30 \uc9c0\uc6d0\uacfc \uc804\uc220 \uc9c0\ub3c4\ub85c \uae30\uacc4\ud654 \uc804\uc7c1\uc73c\ub85c \uc804\ud658\ud574 \uacb0\uad6d \uc2b9\ub9ac\ub97c \uac70\ub458 \uc218 \uc788\uc5c8\ub2e4\uace0 \uc8fc\uc7a5\ud55c\ub2e4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1787,1682,1679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-2025-18","category-1682","category-1679"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10265,"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10261\/revisions\/10265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}