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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War. (Copy 3), 1996
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Vietnam: The complete story of the Australian War (Copy 3), 2012
...am well written and researched history offered.. As an object lesson in how to win and lose wars, especially from a point of view of a small ally in a big war. This book is a superb vehicle for learning the lessons, This history of Australia's involvement in Vietnam should have been studdied ten years ago, when we had a real chance to win in Afghanistan....am well written and researched history offered.. As an object lesson in how to win and lose wars, especially from a point of view of a small ally in a big war. This book is a superb vehicle for learning the lessons, This history of Australia's involvement in Vietnam should have been studdied ten years ago, when we had a real chance to win in Afghanistan. military participation -- australian, 1961-1975 -- participation, australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- political aspects -- australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Halstead, Fred, Out Now! : A Participant's Account of the American Movement Against the Vietnam War
Out Now brings back vividly the whole story of the struggle to end the Vietnam War.Out Now brings back vividly the whole story of the struggle to end the Vietnam War.vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, 1961-1975 - demonstrations - united states, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - protest movements - united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Doyle, Jeff, Grey, Jeffrey and Pierce, Peter, Australia's Vietnam War, 2002
Today the mere mention of Vietnam conjures up images of protest in American streets, escalating emotions, and tensions so strong they divided a country. Yet in the United States did not fight alone. Comparativel little is known about Australia's experience - the motives for entering the conflict, national support (or lack of it) for Australia's role there, and how that nation dealt with the aftermath of war.Today the mere mention of Vietnam conjures up images of protest in American streets, escalating emotions, and tensions so strong they divided a country. Yet in the United States did not fight alone. Comparativel little is known about Australia's experience - the motives for entering the conflict, national support (or lack of it) for Australia's role there, and how that nation dealt with the aftermath of war.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - australia, 1961-1975 - participation, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Unheralded Victory: Who Won the Vietnam War? (Copy 2), 1999
vietnam history - 1945 - 1975, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - campaigns, vietnam war - 1962-1975 - mass media and the conflict -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Maddock, Kenneth ed, War: Australia and Vietnam (Copy 2)
The Vietnam War bitterly devided the Australoan people into those for and against. It was a war which ravaged Vietnam, leaving that country isolated and much poorer.The Vietnam War bitterly devided the Australoan people into those for and against. It was a war which ravaged Vietnam, leaving that country isolated and much poorer.vietnam war, 1961 -1975 - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mann, Graeme, The Vietnam War On A Tourist Visa: An Autobiography (Copy 3)
This is a story from the Vietnam War as you've never heard it before.This is a story from the Vietnam War as you've never heard it before. computer technicians - vietnam - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Sivaram, M, The Vietnam War: Why? (Copy 3)
In Vietnam, the newsman is reporting a strange, baffling, frontless war - and an even stranger, more baffling, faceless political scene.In Vietnam, the newsman is reporting a strange, baffling, frontless war - and an even stranger, more baffling, faceless political scene.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - history, vietnam - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Haran, Peter, Trackers: The Untold Story of the Australian Dogs of War (Copy 3)
The tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldThe tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, dogs - war use -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Nguyen, Cao Ky, How We Lost the Vietnam War (Copy 2), 2002
A former Air Force pilot and general, Nguyen Cao Ky, born in 1930 was prime minister of the Republic of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967 and vice president from 1967 to 1971. He elped write the constitution of Vietnam and helped oversee the first free elections in that country. Upon the fall of Saigon, Ky and family fled to the United States.The author is a former Prime Minister of South Vietnam.A former Air Force pilot and general, Nguyen Cao Ky, born in 1930 was prime minister of the Republic of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967 and vice president from 1967 to 1971. He elped write the constitution of Vietnam and helped oversee the first free elections in that country. Upon the fall of Saigon, Ky and family fled to the United States.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- united states, prime ministers -- vietnam -- biography, vietnam -- politics and government -- 1945-1975, nguyen cao ky, fall of saigon, republic of vietna, republic of vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Chanoff, David and Toai, Doan Van, Vietnam: A Portrait Of Its People at War (Copy 2), 2009
"Vietnam" A Portrait of its people at War stands out as one of the most penetrating and valuable studies of the conflict."Vietnam" A Portrait of its people at War stands out as one of the most penetrating and valuable studies of the conflict. vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, viet cong., vietnam -- politics and government -- 1945-1975. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Baker, Mark, Nam: The Vietnam War in the words of the Men and Women Who Fought There. (Copy 3)
The war billed on the marguee as a John Wayne shoot 'em up test of manhood turns out to be a warped version of Peter Pan. Vietnam was a brutal Neverneverland outside time and space, where little boys didn't have to grow up. They just grew old before their timeThe war billed on the marguee as a John Wayne shoot 'em up test of manhood turns out to be a warped version of Peter Pan. Vietnam was a brutal Neverneverland outside time and space, where little boys didn't have to grow up. They just grew old before their timevietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Moore, Harold G (Lt. Gen Ret) and Galloway, Joseph, We Were Soldiers Once - and Young: The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam. (Copy 2)
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Childs, Kevin and Foster, Ken, Vietnam, Our Stories: Memories of the War (Copy 1)
Smuggling beer in Top Secret boxes was one of the many pranks Australians got up to in Vietnam as a relief from the trauma of war. Some played kick-to-kick with a football, although exhausted after the most ferocious battle, while others masqueraded as U.S. officers to score VIP treatment.Smuggling beer in Top Secret boxes was one of the many pranks Australians got up to in Vietnam as a relief from the trauma of war. Some played kick-to-kick with a football, although exhausted after the most ferocious battle, while others masqueraded as U.S. officers to score VIP treatment. 1961-1975 - participation, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Childs, Kevin and Foster, Ken, Vietnam, Our Stories: Memories of the War (Copy 2)
Smuggling beer in Top Secret boxes was one of the many pranks Australians got up to in Vietnam as a relief from the trauma of war. Some played kick-to-kick with a football, although exhausted after the most ferocious battle, while others masqueraded as U.S. officers to score VIP treatment.Smuggling beer in Top Secret boxes was one of the many pranks Australians got up to in Vietnam as a relief from the trauma of war. Some played kick-to-kick with a football, although exhausted after the most ferocious battle, while others masqueraded as U.S. officers to score VIP treatment. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Isserman, Maurice, Witness to War: Vietnam: Personal Narratives from the Conflict in Vietnam, 1995
This is the story of the Vietnam War, told in the words of the people who lived it - soldiers and civilians, officers and political leaders, reporters and diplomats.This is the story of the Vietnam War, told in the words of the people who lived it - soldiers and civilians, officers and political leaders, reporters and diplomats.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, A Sappers' War, 2014
How the legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats fought the Vietcong.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation. australian, tunnel rats 1965-1971 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The men who persevered: the AATTV - the most highly decorated Australian unit of the Vietnam war (on display), 2005
The AATTV was in vietnam from July 1962 to December 1972. Nearly 1000 Australians and 11 New Zealand served with "The Team" during that time. They were advisers - sometimes commanders - who operated in small groups across a wide spectrum of military boss throughout the SouthSoft cover book. Authors: Bruce Davies and Gary McKay. History of AATTV in Vietnam Wa (Copy 6).The AATTV was in vietnam from July 1962 to December 1972. Nearly 1000 Australians and 11 New Zealand served with "The Team" during that time. They were advisers - sometimes commanders - who operated in small groups across a wide spectrum of military boss throughout the South bruce davies, gary mckay, aattv, australian army training team vietnam (aattv) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book - Too Bold To Die: The Making of Australian War Heroes, McPhedran, Ian, 2013
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Ian McPhedran uncovers compelling stories of extreme bravery in action from WW2 to today.non-fictionAward-winning journalist and bestselling author Ian McPhedran uncovers compelling stories of extreme bravery in action from WW2 to today.bravery, medals, heroes -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book - The Vietnam War: Day By Day, Daugherty, Leo
The Vietnam War Day by Day is a chronological approach to the conflict, allowing the reader to see at a glance the key operations on land, at sea, and in the air - such as Cedar Falls, Junction City, Rolling Thunder and the Tet Offensive.The Vietnam War Day by Day is a chronological approach to the conflict, allowing the reader to see at a glance the key operations on land, at sea, and in the air - such as Cedar Falls, Junction City, Rolling Thunder and the Tet Offensive.vietnam, tet offensive, cedar falls, junction city -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book - The Sorrow Of War (Copy 2), Ninh, Bao
The Sorrow of War vaults over all the American fiction that came out of the Vietnam war to take its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century.fictionThe Sorrow of War vaults over all the American fiction that came out of the Vietnam war to take its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century.vietnam, survivor of war -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Eder, Rod, Deep Tan: Kiwis at War In Vietnam
And so we are introduced the New Zealand infantrymen who make up Three Platoon as they embark on the twentieth day of Operation Field Gold deep in the jungle of VietnamAnd so we are introduced the New Zealand infantrymen who make up Three Platoon as they embark on the twentieth day of Operation Field Gold deep in the jungle of Vietnamvietnam, kiwis, new zealand, operation field gold, three platoon -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Greek-Australians in the Vietnam War 1962-1972
In 2005, Steve Kyritsis began reading the Nominal Roll of the Australian men and women who served in the Vietnam War. Among the 60,000 names, he found many Greek-Australian surnames. Himself a Vietnam veteran, Steve decided to try and contact as many as he could to ask them to share their experiences.In 2005, Steve Kyritsis began reading the Nominal Roll of the Australian men and women who served in the Vietnam War. Among the 60,000 names, he found many Greek-Australian surnames. Himself a Vietnam veteran, Steve decided to try and contact as many as he could to ask them to share their experiences.vietnam, greek-australians -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, C-123 Toxic Exposure: Agent Orange's reach beyond the Vietnam War
A photocopy of a document, source unknown.agent orange - toxicology -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Slide, Slides taken in the Vietnam War by Graham Stone
Approx. 1,000 slides taken by Graham Stone, Unit Photographer in the 1st Aust. Psych. Unit.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian, australian defence force academy (adfa) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, USB, Slides taken in the Vietnam War by Graham Stone
Approx. 1,000 slides taken by Graham Stone, Unit Photographer in the 1st Aust. Psych. Unit.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian, australian defence force academy (adfa) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Slides taken in the Vietnam War by Graham Stone
Approx. 1,000 slides taken by Graham Stone, Unit Photographer in the 1st Aust. Psych. Unit.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian, australian defence force academy (adfa) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Thomas Loughridge's account of his time in the Vietnam War
Printed copy of typed memoirs on 7 pages.vietnam war - 1961-1975 - soldiers - australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Wolff, Tobias, In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of a Lost War (Copy 2), 1994
An outstanding addition to the library on the Vietnam War.non-fictionAn outstanding addition to the library on the Vietnam War.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, american, vietnam war (1961-1975) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War. (Copy 2), 1996
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 tumultruous; the numbers-worshipper who came to believe that the war tearing America apart was wrong, but continued to support its escalation.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 tumultruous; 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