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2) Platoon
Language
English
Description
A grunt's view of the Vietnam War is provided in all its horrific, inexplicable detail. Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the reader from the marshy swamps of the Mekong Delta to the bomb-saturated Red River Delta, from the corridors of power in Hanoi and Saigon to the Nixon White...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers, but they alone fail to explain why Hanoi bested Washington in the end. To make sense of the Vietnam War, we must look beyond the war itself. In his new...
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First Smithsonian Books edition.
Language
English
Description
"Larry Berman in his book-insightful, overdue, an authentic 'Shock and Awe' story-deftly humanizes the contradictions in An's life" - -Bernard Kalb
"Berman has done an excellent job… There's plenty here for both supporters and critics of the Vietnam War to ponder." - Dan Southerland, former correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor in Saigon
"Berman has unraveled the mystery of his strange double life in an engrossing narrative." - Stanley...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look at the strategy and tactics of the visionary commander who beat the United States in the Vietnam War.
General Vo Nguyen Giap was the commander in chief of the communist armed forces during two of his country's most difficult conflicts-the first against Vietnam's colonial masters, the French, and the second against the most powerful nation on earth, the United States. After long and bloody conflicts, he defeated both Western powers...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1967-68, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was on the front line of the defense of South Vietnam's Quang Tri province, which was at the very heart of the Vietnam conflict. Facing them were the soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), men whose organization and equipment made them a very different opponent from the famous, irregular Viet Cong forces. From the "Hill Battles" in April 1967 to the struggle for the city of Huế (January-March...
15) McCain
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sen John McCain's life is presented, including his complicated relationship with President Donald Trump, his experience as a POW in Vietnam, his run for the presidency in 2000 and 2008. and his decision to vote against the Republican health care bill that was to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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