Vietnam War 22

The Fortunate Son recounts the parallel lives of an army brat and a group of Vietnam veterans who intersect decades after the war. The veterans open up to me, the army brat, perhaps in a way they ne……続きを見る

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The author enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17, with dreams of becoming a hero. Two years later, a disillusioned young sergeant returned from a tour of Vietnam, his new assignment, recruiting: findin……続きを見る

Having flunked out of college in the fall of 1965, the author enlisted in the U.S. Army. After basic training he was assigned to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, an institution ded……続きを見る

"Morning was always a welcome sight to us. It meant two things. The first was that we were still alive. . . ." In 1967, death was the constant companion of the Marines of Hotel Company, 2/5, as they……続きを見る

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On the early morning of March 16, 1968, American soldiers from three platoons of Charlie Company (1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division), entered a group of ham……続きを見る

**The definitive history of modern Vietnam and its diverse and divided past “The best one-volume history of modern Vietnam in English.” ーWall Street Journal** In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells t……続きを見る

Der historische Roman 'Julian Apostata' von Dmitri Mereschkowski entführt den Leser in das späte 4. Jahrhundert und erzählt die faszinierende Geschichte von Julian, dem römischen Kaiser, der sich vo……続きを見る

In Daniel Defoe's 'THE STORM - Unabridged,' readers are immersed in a tale of survival in the face of natural disaster. First published in 1704, this work showcases Defoe's vivid descriptive style a……続きを見る

When U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam, they left behind thousands of young children fathered by American soldiers. The new regime regarded the Amerasians as children of the enemy and ostracized the……続きを見る

Moving through the jungle near the Cambodian border on May 18, 1967, a company of American infantry observed three North Vietnamese Army regulars, AK-47s slung over their shoulders, walking down a w……続きを見る

This book recounts four tours of Air Force duty in Vietnam, 1965-1968, and reports firsthand how tactics and the war effort changed each time. The routine and risk of daily airlift operations and th……続きを見る

Veteran Jack Bissell only deepened the abyss between him and his son Tom when he talked about the Vietnam war. But, when a magazine editor sends the two back to Vietnam for a story, Tom reopens the ……続きを見る

Fresh in his boots and three days in-country, Michael Herr is in a Chinook when a young soldier across from him is gunned. “It took me a month to lose that feeling of being a spectator to something ……続きを見る

Robert S. McNamara was the official face of Vietnam, the technocrat with steel-rimmed glasses and an ironclad faith in numbers who kept insisting that the war was winnable long after he had ceased t……続きを見る

In 2002, Governor General Michael Jeffrey stated that 'we Australians had everything under control in Phuoc Tuy Province'. This referred not only to military control, but to the policy of 'pacificat……続きを見る

After the Americans withdrew from the Vietnam War, their Indochinese allies faced imprisonment, torture and death under communist regimes. The Tai Dam, an ethnic group from northern Vietnam, campaig……続きを見る

To succeed in achieving its national security objectives the United States needs to use Associative Power in place of both Hard Power and Soft Power. Associative Power is the use of joint ventures a……続きを見る

Military veteran, sister of a Vietnam War casualty, and a former print journalist, Maureen A. Griswold's 2003 satirical exposé, "A Veteran Applauds KB Toys," catalyzed a tsunami of re……続きを見る

The youngest of six children in a close-knit Buddhist family, Le Ly Hayslip was twelve years old when U.S. helicopters landed in Ky La, her tiny village in central Vietnam. As the government and Vie……続きを見る

Este ebook presenta "El arte de la guerra" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El arte de la guerra es un libro sobre tácticas y estrategias militares, escrito por Sun Tzu, un famoso estratega mili……続きを見る

When John F. Kennedy was shot, millions were left to wonder how America, and the world, would have been different had he lived to fulfill the enormous promise of his presidency. For many historians ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la guerre du Viêt Nam en moins d'une heure ! À la fin de la guerre d'Indochine, en 1954, le Viêt Nam voit son territoire divisé entre le Nord communiste……続きを見る

Jungle Mission is a poignant account of René Riesen's life and mission during the First Indochina War amongst the Montagnards, and his ever growing love for these people by going native, learning th……続きを見る

Bill Zimmerman put his life at risk for the greater social good when he smuggled medicines to the front lines in North Vietnam and spent time filming in Hanoi under U.S. bombardment. In his extraord……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "War and the Future (The original unabridged edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. War and the Future (1917) is a wo……続きを見る

Este ebook presenta "El arte de la guerra" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El arte de la guerra es un libro sobre tácticas y estrategias militares, escrito por Sun Tzu, un famoso estratega mili……続きを見る

A Conflict that Shaped A Generation Four decades on, the legacy of American involvement in the Viet Nam War still looms large in the lives of the veterans who experienced it first hand. This new ant……続きを見る

David W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the US Marines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would be able to leverage his existing skills as a computer progr……続きを見る