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

The question of how the United States became enmeshed in the Vietnam War has troubled three generations of Americans. Now, in this incisive and very well documented history of American intervention in Vietnam from the end of World War 2 to the first months of John F. Kennedy's presidency, historian James R. Arnold present the dramatic unfolding of the events by which Washington led us into Vietnam. At no point along this way did any policymaker consider the ultimate result of this course as seriously heed those who counseled caution.united states - foreign relations - vietnam, vietnam - foreign relations - united states

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

Joseph Buttinger is one of the leading Western experts on Vietnam; not only on the recent tragic war, but on the entire history and culture of the country. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states, vietnam - politics and government

Paris Conference on Vietnam Looking Back, 1968-1973 1961-1975 -- peace, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- diplomatic history

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

What happened in Vietnam around 1900 eventually was to change the character of Vietnamese life as radically as it almost immediately changed the character of Vietnamese history.vietnam, history

These are the stories Vietnam vets tell over beers at Legion halls and VFW posts - stories of young men tangled up in the chaos of landing zones and nameless jungle hill, in the boredom of base camps, in the confusion of a controversial war.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, soldiers - united states - biography - ancedotes

The most provocative and original reinterpretation of Vietnam and Cold War policy making to come along in a generation.united states - foreign relations - vietnam, vietnam - foreign relations - united states, president johnson, president j f kennedy, the gulf of tonkin

The Vietnamese looked on Long Tan as a key victory for them 1961-1975 - campaigns, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, battle of long tan

Despite the problems, 3 RAR finished its tour able to hold its head high, having shown a high level of professionalism in its acions agains everclusive enemy.australia. army. battalion , vietnam war, 1961-1975- regimental histories - australia, 3 rar

Although the war in Vietnam has casued divisions amongst the people of Australia and has produced a number of anti-war books, this is the first non-official publication in Australia to set out the case for South Vietnam and to justify the policy of the U.S. Australian and other governments in intervening to prevent the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese taking over South Vietnam.vietnam war, u.s. government, australian government, south vietnam, north vietnamese

Early in 1967 a new and disturbing rumor swept through diplomatic circles around the world: the United States had ruined its most promising opportunity to find peace in Vietnam by escalating its bombing of he North at a critical time.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - peace, united states, north vietnamese

Inerest in the vietnam War has focussed on its global significance and on the domestic political responses which the war engendered.australia. army. australian army training team, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - regimental histories - australia, aattv, saig, saigon

This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand fact to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the way. 1961-1975- pictorial works, vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, american

The Vietnam People's Army (VPA) is the fourth largest army in the world and easily the most powerful army in Southeast Asia.vietnam - armed forces, south east asia

The Vietnam Reader is a groundbreaking collections of the finest fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, film, still photographs, and popular song lyrics depicting the American War in Vietnam.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, america

After ten years the United States is still trying to come to terms with the war in Vietnam.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - history