Vietnam Remembered: This book makes the first real assessment of what the Vietnam War meant, on the battlefields and in Australia.australia - politics and government - 1965, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - protest movements - australia, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian

This is a superb piece of work that contributes to the study of one of the most complicated and controversial aspects of American involvement in Vietnam. It looks in detail at an area of news coverage that has not received sufficient attention. What launders has done here is also important to a better understanding of how information and perceptions of American military and foreign policy are developed. He clearly establishes that the role of the news media for a far more complicated issue than popular opinion and general assumptions credit.newsweek, time, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - press coverage - united states

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

As the Vietnam War ground to an end, American forces were being withdrawn from combat duty. But some were still fighting for their lives: the prisioners of war. There were two operations lauched to rescue the POWs. One - the legendary Son Tay Raid - was revealed to the public. The other was classified as Top Secret. This is the incredible true story of that almost-forgotten mission.. 1961-1975 - prisoners and prisons, north vietnamese, prisoners of war - united states, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - search and rescue operations, u.s. navy seals, operation thunderbird, pows, son tay raid

HardcoverDuring the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colenel Edward Lansdale - not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army. 1927-2006, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- secret service -- vietnam (democratic republic), journalists -- vietnam (democratic republic) -- biography, pham xuan an

Photograph by Australian Naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict. (Copy 1).Voyages to Vietnam is a unique collection of over 600 photographs taken by naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian - pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975, australian artillery regiment

A North Vietnamese Journal of life on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1965-1973 1961-1975 -- campaigns -- vietnam -- central highlands, 1961-1975 -- participation, north vietnamese, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, vietnamese, ho chi minh trail

A collection of stories and artwork.drawing, vietnamese - 20th century, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - art and the war

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

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

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

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

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.