Translated from the Vietnamese with an introduction by Greg Lockhart.fictionThis is the first collection of Vietnamese short stories to appear in English since the Vietnam Warvietnam -- social life and customs -- fiction, hanoi

non-fictionAn outstanding addition to the library on the Vietnam War.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, american, vietnam war (1961-1975)

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

The war billed on the marquee 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 time.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american

"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.

A work of passion and protest. One of the few good things to come out of the Vietnam Warvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american

Sensitive, moral, compelling...a book of genuine greatness and largeness of spirit.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states

Home to War is a superbly researched book that needed to be written. It sets forth in compelling detail a whole other dimension of America's tragic war in vietnam, which, until now, has never been completely captured.vietnam veterans against the war - history, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - protest movements - united states, south east asia, agent orange

Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war. united states. marine corps - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american

The Tet Offensive of 1968 was the turning point in the Vietnam War. The battle that catalyzed American public opinion against escalation.tet offensive, 1968, viet cong

A major contribution to our understanding of how and why U.S. POWs from the Vietnam War have become crucial icons of American culture in the 1980s and 1990s....Grunner effectively diagnoses and interpreters' a national psychopathology.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, in mass media - united states., prisoners of war in mass media - united states.

Just over five hundred Australians were killed in action in the Vietnam War. Of those who returned 280 Vietnam veterans have officially been recognized as having committed suicide.vietnam veterans association of australia, 1961-1975 - australia, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - social aspects

Just over five hundred Australians were killed in action in the Vietnam War. Of those who returned 280 Vietnam veterans have officially reen recognised as having committed suicide.vietnam veterans association of australia, vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - australia, 1961-1975 - social aspects

A rigorous look at media coverage abd performance. This is a book worth reading.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -journalists, press - united states - history

In Vietnam: Anatomy of a Peace, Gabriel Kolko argues that victory in 1975 caught the Communists wholly unprepared to cope with the reconstruction of the war-torn nation.vietnam -- social conditions -- 1975, vietnam -- economic conditions -- 1975

community development -- vietnam., vietnam war, 1961-1975., vietnam -- social conditions.

When journalist and historian Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every popular misconception. He wasn't alone. In Australia's Vietnam, Dapin argues that every stage of Australia's Vietnam War has been misremembered and obscured by myth. He disproves claims that every national serviceman was a volunteer; questions the idea that Australian troops committed atrocities; debunks the fallacy that there were no welcome hope parades until 1987; and rebuts the fable that returned soldiers were met by spitting protesters at Australian airports 1961-1975 -- participation, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, australian., national service -- australia -- history.