Two decades ago, Australians were at war in Vietnam. By the time the engagement had ended, 47,000 Australians had participated in the most controversial military involvement in Australia's recent history vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives , australian, australia - politics and government - 1945 -

The tunnels of Cu Chi were the battlegound for the most harrowing campaign of the Vietnam War.tunnels - vietnam, tunnel rats 1965-1971, tunnels - vietnam - cu chi (quan), viet cong guerrillas, tunnel rats

Asian Alternatives takes readers into the corridors of power in Canberra and inside Australia's secret diplomatic dealings to analyse the forces that shaped Australia's policies of the 1960s.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - australia, australia - foreign relations - united states

A quarter century after its end, the Vietnam War still divides Americans. Some, mostly of the left, claim that Indochina was of no strategic value to the United States and was not worth An American war.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - 1963-1969, president j f kennedy, president nixon, president lyndon johnson

tilting of Dominoes: Australia and the Vietnam War tells the story of our country's involvement in the Vietnam War, from the political naivety of the 1950s through to the more enlightened and informed society of the late 1960s.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian

Seven young Australians find themselves caught up in the madness and brutality of the Vietnam War. One dies, six survive after being wounded - only to find there are worse things than dying on the battlefield. 1961-1975 - veterans - australia, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- psychological aspects

The Living and the Dead reveals the Vietnam War as it has never been seen before - through the prism of the crucial, tangled decisions made by one man, US secretary of defense Robert McNamara. It illuminates those decisionby revealing the man; by turns cold and emotionally trumultuous; the numbers-worshipper who came to believe that the war tearing America apart was wrong, but continued to support its escalation. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states

the West has had ample warning of the methods Communism would employ in the seeking expansions.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - campaigns, guerilla warfare

During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, mekong delta, 199th light infantry brigade, lieutenant lee lanning

During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, 199th light infantry brigade, mekong delta, lieutenant lee lanning

The Australia in History series explains why Australia went to war and the consequences of her involvements, vietnam war, 1961-1975, australia - juvenile literature

A collection of photos of the Vietnam War with a brief history of each. Photo Done vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - politcs and government - 1945-1975

A collection of photos of the Vietnam War with a brief history of each. vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - politcs and government - 1945-1975

This book provides you with the developments of each operation. We hope that though this book you acquire a better understanding of the combat tactics of the Vietnamese people in the resistance war against the U.S.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - history, vietnam war - 1961-1965 - campaigns

The great victory of Spring 1975 brought an end to the long resistance war of the Vietnamese people against US imperialist invasion.vietnam, vietnamese people

The Vietnam War is anything but a forgotten war. Even today, the strategies that led to an unexpected American defeat are hotly debated, and much remains controversial and unclear, which is not surprising given the nature of the combat in which the Vietnamese gurerilla warfare eventually won out over high-tech weaponry.vietnam conflict, 1961-1975 - dictionaries., vietnamese guerrilla

This book is, in many ways, the most informative we have yet had about the American military effort in that country, in place of polemic, overwrought personal testimony or mere tatical narrative - and that about sums up the fare previously on offer.vietnam - history - 1945-1975., vietnamese communist party, american military

The city of Hue, population: 140,000, South Vietnam's third-largest city. 20,000 combatants. 10,000 combatants and civilians killed, 80 percent of the city damaged or destroyed.tet offensive (1968), battle of hue

This book focuses on the effects of U.S. propaganda on America's Western allies - particularly France, West Germany and Great Britian - from the time when the Vietnam War began to escalate in 1965, to the American withdrawal and its immediate aftermath.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - propaganda, propaganda, american

The Vietnam War presented the Australian higher commanders with a variety of new challenges. In Canberra, the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee found himself responsible for the operations of the joint Force in Vietnam but without the authority to exercise command.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian, vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975., australia - armed forces - organisation

In 1965 Australia invited itself to a war. For many years it was widely accepted that American political and diplomatic pressure was the reson for Australia's entry into Vietnam War. vietnamese conflict , vietnam war

Of the many armed conflicts that make this century so distressingly rich in human misery, none has lasted as long as the struggle for Vietnam; and although other conflicts have had deeper effects upon mankind, none compares with in it political complexity and unresolved consequences.vietnam, history