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This study of ten fateful decisions made on Indochina between 1961-75 highlights the ascent of the civilian militarists and of strategy over diplomacy in United States policymaking and reveals the i……続きを見る

Hundreds of young Americans from the town of Stamford, Connecticut, fought in the Vietnam War. These men and women came from all corners of the town. They were white and black, poor and wealthy. Som……続きを見る

“The Vietnam War: Why the United States Failed” provides valuable insight into the war that no other author has provided. It reveals a highly effective automated battlefield that employed mechanical……続きを見る

Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective, using western sources, and viewing the conflict through western eyes. This book, based on extensive origina……続きを見る

If 1967 was the "summer of love," then 1968 was the "year of riots and protests." The NVA Tet Offensive of February 1968 shattered the US government's propaganda theme that the war in Vietnam was go……続きを見る

During the Vietnam War, the US Air Force secretly trained pilots from Laos, skirting Lao neutrality in order to bolster the Royal Lao Air Force and their own war efforts. Beginning in 1964, this cov……続きを見る

Jingletown is a real place in American history where Dale spends his dramatic childhood. Dale shares his poignant memories from tear-laden trials, from falling in Love to many other changes that too……続きを見る

Speaking to an advisor in 1966 about America's escalation of forces in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara confessed: 'We've made mistakes in Vietnam … I've made mistakes. But the mista……続きを見る

It was the conflict that shocked America and the world, but the struggle for peace is central to the history of the Vietnam War. Rejecting the idea that war between Hanoi and the US was inevitable, ……続きを見る

The Vietnam War lasted twenty years, and was the USA's greatest military failure. An attempt to stem the spread of Soviet and Chinese influence, the conflict in practice created a chaotic state torn……続きを見る

Phantom in the Sky is the story of a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in the back seat of the supersonic Phantom jet during the Vietnam Warーa unique, tactical perspective of the “guy in back,” or GIB,……続きを見る

In Beyond the Quagmire, thirteen scholars from across disciplines provide a series of provocative, important, and timely essays on the politics, combatants, and memory of the Vietnam War. Americans ……続きを見る

Oggi nel Vietnam, sia Sud che Nord, si va per turismo, per i paesaggi esotici o anche per un tuffo nella storia. Cinquanta anni fa si andava per la guerra, come soldati o come reporter. Le Stars era……続きを見る

Voor de fans van American Sniper, Seal Team Six en Band of Brothers De meest prestigieuze gevechtspilotenopleiding ter wereld – het nooit eerder vertelde verhaal van oprichter Dan Pedersen De Vietna……続きを見る

James Webb's classic, scorching novel of the Vietnam War. They each had their reasons for becoming a Marine. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came fresh from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo bef……続きを見る

A True Story of Young Love Romance and a Death-Defying Escape From Vietnam #1 Amazon International Bestseller in TWO categories! #1 Bestseller in Historical Asian Biographies and Women Writers. EIGH……続きを見る

Very few of the many books about the Vietnam War fully address why the fighting was conducted in such a cruel manner, why it was prolonged far past its logical end, or what, ultimately, went wrong. ……続きを見る

What drives veterans, military experts and forensic investigators to dedicate years to search for and identify the remains of fallen warriors? What does it mean to the families of the dead to be abl……続きを見る

Featured in Stylist's guide to 2019's best non-fiction books The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.……続きを見る

The real Top Gun - the dramatic account of the US Navy's fighter pilots and how they took back the skies over Vietnam In the darkest days of the Vietnam War, the US Navy's kill ratio had fallen to 2……続きを見る

The story of an extraordinary campaign in the Vietnam War - fought in a 200-mile labyrinth of underground tunnels and chambers. The campaign in the tunnels of Cu Chi was fought with cunning and sava……続きを見る

This book is a professional military-intelligence officer's and a controversial insider's view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. It includes the serious developments i……続きを見る

DISCOVER THE EXHILARATING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ACTION-PACKED CLASSIC FILM 'GOOSE AND MAVERICK MOVE OVER . . .' Admiral James Stavridis ________ March 1969. American jets are getting shot down at an……続きを見る

In his most electrifying novel since Fields of Fire, James Webb returns to the world he inhabited in that now-classic bestseller. Ex-Marine Brandon Condley went to Vietnam and never quite came home.……続きを見る

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "If you loved the movie, you will love the real story in the book." -- Fox & Friends On the 50th anniversary of the creation of the "Topgun" Navy Fighter School, its founder shar……続きを見る

In late March 1975, as the Vietnam War raged, an Australian voluntary aid worker named Rosemary Taylor approached the Australian Embassy seeking assistance to fly 600 orphans out of Saigon to safety……続きを見る

This collection includes the major writings of General Giap, who, on the evidence of his record as well as his theoretical work, has long been recognized as one of the military geniuses of modern ti……続きを見る

**2019 Nib Military History Prize Finalist ** 'This book shouldbe read by anyone interested in the way myths become accepted as history.' - Peter Edwards, author of Australia and the Vietnam War Why……続きを見る

In November 1963, the president of South Vietnam and his brother were brutally executed in a coup that was sanctioned and supported by the American government. President Kennedy later explained to h……続きを見る

On June 17, 1966, the author's high school classmate, M. J. Savoy, was killed in a military plane crash into the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam. The search for M. J. and his crewmates was ……続きを見る