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. 1961-1975, vietnam (democratic republic), vietnam war, 1961-1975 - peace, mekong delta, red river delta, president nixon

Vietnam, November 1965, 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, are dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the La Drang Valley and immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion is chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-ray and Albany constitute one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War and set the tome of the conflict to come.united states. army, la drang valley (vietnam) , battle of, 1965, battle of la drang valley, 1st battalion, 7th cavalry

The true story of a Vietnamese family torn apart by War, Communism, and the CIAvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, vietnamese, vietnamese americans- biography, cia, communism - vietnam

A new chapter has opened between the United States and Vietnam, and Robert Schulzinger provides the roadmap in A time for Peace. Anyone interested in the factors that will be most critical for cooperation and issues likely to present obstacles and the factors affecting the relationship between former adversaries should read this marvelous and important book.united states - foreign relations - vietnam, vietnam - foreign relations - united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- veterans

In 1940, Japan placed Vietnam under military occupation, restricting the local French administration to a figurehead authority.vietnam -- history, military., irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare

Commonly mistaken for the locally raised Viet Cong, the NVA was an entirely different force, conducting large-scale operations in a conventional war.vietnam (democratic republic) -- armed forces., vietnam (democratic republic) -- history, military

the Vietnamese knew the Long-Range patrol Scouts as "the men with green faces"united states. army. special forces -- equipment and supplies, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- regimental histories -- united states, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- reconnaissance operations, american.

Simply put, this book is a masterpiece which explicates as no other work has done the crucial historical event of our generation. Schulzinger has extended his breadth to cover all aspects of the Vietnam war. The military/strategic angle, the experience of soldiers on the ground, the home front and the domestic political fallout. Neither does he slight the North and South Vietnamese sides. He has provided in one volume the complete picture of the war.united states - foreign relations - vietnam, indochinese war, 1946-1954, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975

From the most photographed war in the twentieth century, among the enduring images is one of a little girl screaming in pain and terror are being burned by napalm in an air attack. On June 8, 1972, nine year old Kim Phuc ran from her burning village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history.kim phuc, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - children, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, american

One of the more remarkable but little known campaigns of the vietnam War was fought inside the 200 miles of secret tunnel networks around Saigon between Viet Cong guerrillas and special American forces known as "Tunnel Rats" guerrillas - vietnam - cu chi, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - vietnam - cu chi

The Pulitzer Prize winner who first disclosed the massacre at My Lai 4 now uncovers the full story of how those involved - from private ti general - kept is secret. What he reveals is shockig - from the amorphous but very real "West Point Protective Association" to the fact that an extensive but closed investigation by the Army itself covered up another massacre by the same unit on the same morning in a neighboring village.my lai massacre (vietnam : 1968), vietnamese conflict , 1961- atrocities

Abridged Edition.George C. Herring is Alumni Professor of History at the University of Kentucky.united states - foreign relations - vietnam, vietnam - foreign relations - united states, vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975.

This volume is about power. It is about the power to make war and to destroy lives.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - motion pictures and the conflict, war films - united states - history and criticism

Every available medium has presented a message, an agenda, of what filmmakers and producers choose to project about America's involvement in Southeast Asia.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - motion pictures and the conflict, war films - united states - history and criticism

Disclosed what the American military and political leadership largely misunderstoon: the nature of Vietnamese society, the confrontation with colonialism and Western values, the resistance of the intellectuals, and the culture of the people.vietnam - history -1858-1945., vietnam- history - 20th century.

Once Upon a Distant War...is a biography of a group of men and women who became witnesses to an age. 1961-1975 - united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - press coverage - united states, saigon

An invaluable introduction to the study of one of the most searing and still-controversial episodes in the U.S. historyvietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - conflict

Val Noone's careful and comprehensive study of the strands of conflict within the Catholic Church during the Vietnam War is compulsive reading.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - religious aspects, catholic church - victoria - melbourne - government

The Indochina wars have cast a long shadow over world affairs. For the victims, they were a devastating catastrophe.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states, vietnamese civilization - 1970

The American reporters who came to Vietnam in 1961 expected to write about an exotic little war in a country of tigers and elephants. What they found instead was a debacle in the making, in which American pilots flew missions illegally while their Vietnamese counterparts strafed the Presdential Palace. When they reported what they saw, they were pilloried for it at home. But the ended up making history simply by telling the truth. 1961-1975 - united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - press coverage - united states, war correspondents - united states, vietnamese, presidential palace

More than a decade after the end of direct military involvement, the ambiguous lessons of the Viet Nam War have continued to haunt American foreign policy.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975., viet nam war, american foreign policy

A superb book and marvelous read, Reporting Vietnam is by far the best study of the press and armed services yet written,vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - press coverage - united states, armed forces and mass media - united states - history

A profound memorial to a dark, forgotten history. A book of utmost importance.my lai massacre, vietnam, 1968, vietnamese conflict , 1961- 1975 - atrocities

Since the end of the Vietnam War, histories, films, novels and poetry have sought to come to grips with the conflict's devastating effect on Asians and Americans, both those who fought and those who didn't.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975.

The Vietnam War. A quarter of a century has bassed since it ended for the United States, but is is with us stillvietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - vietnam, vietnam - foreign relations - united states

In "Grasshoppers and Elephants", Wilfred Burchett presents an authentic, highly intelligible account of that astonishing 55 day period in which the provincial capitals in South Vietnam fell with scarcely a battle being fought.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975., guerilla warfare

The Endless War is dispassionate, deeply informed, yet touches on a crucial subject in an authoritative manner. It explains, above all, why the Vietnam War was won by the Vietnamese rather than lost by the French or Americans; it gives us a necessary understanding of the roots of revolutionary nationalism.vietnam history - 20th century, north vietnamese

Because of the importance of the hearings on the war in Vietnam conducted before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Random House has arranged to bring out this special edition of the proceedings.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- public opinion, united states -- foreign relations -- vietnam, vietnam -- foreign relations -- united states

An Atlantic Chronicle of the United States and Vietnamvietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- public opinion., vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- public opinion