Vietnam War 23

This eBook contains the "extras", bonus material, and deleted scenes from David W. Powell's original memoir My Tour in Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma. In this new posthumous edition, we ……続きを見る

Hope and Healing For All Who Have Been Touched by War For Viet Nam Vets: an opportunity to verify their experiences against experiences of others leading to validation and perhaps even an airing of ……続きを見る

The Chronicle of a People's War: The Military and Strategic History of the Cambodian Civil War, 1979*–*1991 narrates the military and strategic history of the Cambodian Civil War, especially the Peo……続きを見る

W. D. Ehrhart, named by Studs Terkel as "the poet of the Vietnam War," has written and lectured on a wide variety of topics and has been a preeminent voice on the Vietnam War for decades. Revered in……続きを見る

Descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees confront the aftermath of war and, in verse and prose, deliver another kind of war story. Fifty years after the Vietnam War, this anthology by descendant……続きを見る

On 30 March 1972 the South Vietnamese positions along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separated the North from South Vietnam were suddenly shelled by hundreds of heavy guns and multiple rocket lau……続きを見る

The Tragedy of Vietnam is a brief and accessible text providing a comprehensive overview of the causes and consequences of the Vietnam War. Patrick J. Hearden offers historical background of the con……続きを見る

Beginning in 1948 with Paramount's Saigon and Universal's Rogue's Regiment, Hollywood has produced hundreds of features and made-for-television films about Vietnam and the ensuing conflict. With the……続きを見る

A "better war." Over the last two decades, this term has become synonymous with US strategy during the Vietnam War's final years. The narrative is enticingly simple, appealing to many audiences. Aft……続きを見る

'A remarkable story of subterfuge and brainwashing that few Hollywood scriptwriters could have made up' Simon Heffer, author of The Age of Decadence In 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War, an exo……続きを見る

Henri Barbusse's Roman 'Das Feuer' ist eine eindringliche Darstellung des Schreckens und der Grausamkeit des Ersten Weltkriegs. Mit einem episodischen Erzählstil, der die Abgründe des Krieges widers……続きを見る

In Emile Zolas Buch 'Der Bauch von Paris' taucht der Leser in das pulsierende Leben der Pariser Markthallen ein, die als Schauplatz für eine komplexe Geschichte von Liebe, Betrug und Verrat dienen. ……続きを見る

Here, acclaimed American historians - among them, Max Boot, Douglas Brinkley, and Stanley Karnow - tell the dramatic story of America's war in Vietnam. It's all here - from the first American deaths……続きを見る

The Tet Offensive took place during the late hours of January 30th...a series of attacks launched by the Vietcong and NVA against the USA during the Tet holiday of the Vietnamese New Year were among……続きを見る

From the late 1950's and especially after the election of President John F. Kennedy in 1960, US involvement in Vietnam had steadily increased. In 1963, most of the American troops in South Vietnam w……続きを見る

Air Cav: History of the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam 1965-1969 is the story of the small, close world of fighting men in action, told in their own words and supplemented with vivid photographs of……続きを見る

On June 18, 1965, thirty B-52s took part in the first Strategic Air Command B-52 bombing mission in Vietnam, a mission that, if carried out successfully, might have halted the war in its tracks. Bef……続きを見る

The combat engineers of the First Marine Division, 9th Engineer Battalion, risked their lives daily in Vietnam as they cleared the roads of mines, repaired and paved the famous "Highway 1," disarmed……続きを見る

The Vietnam War remains one of the most contentious events in American history. This book is a collection of essays that seeks to examine the current state of scholarship on the war and its aftermat……続きを見る

A war correspondent’s masterful blow-by-blow account of the Battle of Khe Sanh, reissued with a new preface by Mark Bowden for the battle’s 50th anniversary. The six-month siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 ……続きを見る

'A beautifully written, eminently readable and uniquely important challenge to conventional wisdom' J. D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy 'A page-turner and revelation, Political Tribes will change……続きを見る

**Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Biography) A New York Times bestseller, this “epic and elegant” biography (Wall Street Journal) profoundly recasts our understanding of the Vietnam War.** Praised ……続きを見る

In the modern history of American veterans, it is sometimes difficult to separate myth from fact. The men and women who served in World War II are routinely praised as heroes; the “Greatest Generati……続きを見る

Die von der CIA inszenierte Befreiung eines amerikanischen Kriegsgefangenen aus einem angeblichen Schweigelager in Laos endet im Fiasko Der Vietnamkrieg, der auch in Kambodscha und Laos gewütet hat,……続きを見る

Thürks ebenso packender wie beklemmender Romanklassiker über das Terrorregime der Roten Khmer in Kambodscha April 1975: Seit Jahren tobt in Kambodscha ein Bürgerkrieg; die Roten Khmer, eine maoistis……続きを見る

By the time I had arrived in Thailand to take on the responsibilities of an aerial photographer, I had spent three years in the Air Force acquiring the skills and knowledge of photography in general……続きを見る

“These missions lead us to distant places, may involve placing our very lives on the line, the life or death of our comrades, and the success or failure of our nation’s mission. These are the reason……続きを見る

Portraits in Brass is an inside look at the personalities, leadership attributes and decision making abilities of some of our top military leaders in the '70s and '80s, written by one of the few dir……続きを見る

When John Burdick received his orders to ship to Vietnam in 1967, he was certain his life was over. His goal was to return to the United States alive and on his feet no matter what it took. He had b……続きを見る

The book is a revealing anti-Vietnam War narrative about the day to day interactions of a group of young combatants coping with the realities of war during redeployment. The lives of these mostly dr……続きを見る