Vietnam War 58

"That the book simultaneously succeeds on the individual soldier level makes it a standout for any reader with an interest in the airmobile aspect of the Vietnam War."ーVietnam Magazine. The Gunner ……続きを見る

War Hurts More Than Once is a poignant and powerful collection of free verse poetry that delves deep into the emotional, psychological, and spiritual aftermath of war. Written by Vietnam veteran T. ……続きを見る

Après une trentaine de romans comme un long voyage, celui-ci est la rentrée en gare, le cœur battant «comme un tambour» de regarder son train s’éloigner transbahutant son passé... Gilbert Pastore ne……続きを見る

In Silence in the Quagmire Harriet E. H. Earle uses silence to construct a narrative of the Vietnam War via U.S. comics. Unlike the vast majority of cultural artifacts and scholarly works about the ……続きを見る

The untold story of the Black patriotsーfrom soldiers in combat to peace protestersーwho ended the Vietnam War and defended the soul of American democracy, from a pre-eminent civil rights historian ……続きを見る

It's been said, "80% of life is just showing up!" I should have taken that advice when I went home for spring break from college during my freshman year. Spring Break is normally just a week; howeve……続きを見る

Over three hundred women, both print and broadcast journalists, were accredited to chronicle America's activities in Vietnam. Many of those women won esteemed prizes for their reporting, including t……続きを見る

"Well-written and superbly researched. . . . Much of this engrossing book is devoted to individual Marines and their actions amid horrific combat." ー The Dallas Morning News In a remote mountain st……続きを見る

"Broadcasting Vietnam" offers a powerful and deeply human look at one of the most controversial wars in modern history and how it was brought into the living rooms of America. With an unflinching ey……続きを見る

A brilliant programmer. A grieving husband. A digital resurrection that defies reality-and opens a portal to something far greater. Still shattered by the death of his beloved wife, Thao Le, technol……続きを見る

This is the story of my 13-month tour in a combat zone, Vietnam 1966, told in the 1st person, with dialog and narrative describing the action. Vietnam veterans are now the warrior generation that is……続きを見る

**A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR • Award-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood explores how the Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americansーfighting for freed……続きを見る

For over a quarter of a century, award-winning journalist Henry Bradsher reported stories from around the world. In this lively and engaging account, Bradsher recounts episodes from a distinguished ……続きを見る

Joseph A. Fry’s Letters from the Southern Home Front explores the diversity of public opinion on the Vietnam War within the American South. Fry examines correspondence sent by hundreds of individual……続きを見る

War and Shadows is a fascinating book packed with vibrant stories and lucid exploration of their significance. Mai Lan Gustafsson's account of spirit possession in Vietnam is both nuanced and sympat……続きを見る

Traveling to Hanoi during the U.S. war in Vietnam was a long and dangerous undertaking. Even though a neutral commission operated the flights, the possibility of being shot down by bombers in the ai……続きを見る

In 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he proclaimed himself the first president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. The United States sanct……続きを見る

Love beneath the Napalm is James D. Redwood’s collection of deeply affecting stories about the enduring effects of colonialism and the Vietnamese War over the course of a century on the Vietnamese a……続きを見る

For two Americans in Saigon in 1963, the personal and the political combine to spark the drama of a lifetime Before it spread into a tragic war that defined a generation, the conflict in Vietnam smo……続きを見る

An American eyewitness in Vietnam at the end of war and beginning of peace By the end of the Vietnam War in April 1975, almost all Americans and thousands of terrified Vietnamese had left Saigon, fe……続きを見る

For American children raised exclusively in wartimeーthat is, a Cold War containing monolithic communism turned hot in the jungles of Southeast Asiaーand the first to grow up with televised combat, ……続きを見る

Inspired by Vietnam War classics like Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and Karl Marlantes’s Matterhorn, First with Guns is a thought-provoking exploration of personal identity set amidst a war ……続きを見る

In A Displaced Nation**, Phi-Van Nguyen argues that the displacement of eight hundred thousand mostly Roman Catholic evacuees from North Vietnam in 1954 had a profound impact on the war opposing Sai……続きを見る

The Saigon Sisters offers the narratives of a group of privileged women who were immersed in a French lycée and later rebelled and fought for independence, starting with France's occupation of Vietn……続きを見る

And the Sparrow Fell is a coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Former U.S. Congressman Robert J. Mrazek tells the story of a wealthy family on the north shore of Long Isla……続きを見る

Through the voices of senior officials, teachers, soldiers, journalists, and artists, The Republic of Vietnam, 1955–1975**, presents us with an interpretation of "South Vietnam" as a passionately im……続きを見る

For years, the so-called better-war school of thought has argued that the United States built a legitimate and viable non-Communist state in South Vietnam in the latter years of the Vietnam War and ……続きを見る

Rough Draft draws the curtain on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy makers' idealized conceptions of Cold War middle-c……続きを見る

In An American Brothel**, Amanda Boczar considers sexual encounters between American servicemen and civilians throughout the Vietnam War, and she places those fraught and sometimes violent meetings ……続きを見る

In Between War and the State**, Van Nguyen-Marshall examines an array of voluntary activities, including mutual-help, professional, charitable, community development, student, women's, and rights or……続きを見る