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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Edwards, Glen D, Vietnam: The War Within. (Copy 2)
Vietnam; The War Within is a significant milestone in our understanding of the psychological effects of war experienced by the men and women who served in Vietnam. Twenty Vietnam veterans from Australia, America and New Zealand tell their stories with a frankness which some readers may find disturbing or hard to believe.Vietnam; The War Within is a significant milestone in our understanding of the psychological effects of war experienced by the men and women who served in Vietnam. Twenty Vietnam veterans from Australia, America and New Zealand tell their stories with a frankness which some readers may find disturbing or hard to believe.veterans - counseling - case studies, 1961-1975 - veterans, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - psychological aspects, new zealand, america, australia -
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, 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, 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 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 - 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, 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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Baker, Mark, Nam: The Vietnam War in the words of dozens of its veterans - easily stands with the best descriptive accounts. and Women Who Fought There. (Copy 2)
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Live from the battlefield: from Vietnam to Baghdad: 35 Years in the world's war zones (Copy 2), 1994
non-fictionwar correspondents - new zealand - biography, journalists - new zealand - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Vietnam war: why? (Copy 2)
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - history, vietnam - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bishop, Chris ed, Vietnam War Diary: 1964 - 1975 (Copy 2), 1990
Told in the words of those who fought the war and those who reported on its happenings.Told in the words of those who fought the war and those who reported on its happenings.vietnam war, 1961-1975, wars history, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Brown, Malcolm and MacGladrie, Stuar and Sutton, Candace, You're Leaving Tomorrow: Conscripts and Correspondents caught up in the Vietnam War (Copy 2), 2007
three highly respected Fairfax journalists take a fresh look at the dramatic events of the Vietnam War in this fascinating and richly visual book/three highly respected Fairfax journalists take a fresh look at the dramatic events of the Vietnam War in this fascinating and richly visual book/ 1961-1975 - participation - australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - journalists -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cawthorne, Nigel, Vietnam: A War Lost and Won (Copy 2), 2003
Vietnam was the first war America lost. It left the country bitterly divided.Vietnam was the first war America lost. It left the country bitterly divided.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- missing in action -- united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, On the Offensive: The Australian Army in the Vietnam War, January 1967-June 1968. (Copy 2), 2003
australia. army - history - vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Australia's Vietnam: Australia in the second Indo-China War. (Copy 2), 1983
For ten years Australia was entangled, on the losing side, in a Southeast Asian guerilla war. Australia's Vietnam explores the politics of Australian decision-making before and after the commitment of combat troops to South Vietnam during 1965-72.For ten years Australia was entangled, on the losing side, in a Southeast Asian guerilla war. Australia's Vietnam explores the politics of Australian decision-making before and after the commitment of combat troops to South Vietnam during 1965-72. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Anderson, William C, BAT-21: One of the most astonishing untold stories of the Vietnam War Based on the True Story of Lt Col Iceal E. Hambleton, USAF. Copy 2
The rocket struck and exploded with a thunderous impact.The rocket struck and exploded with a thunderous impact. hambleton, iceal e, united states. air force - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Nalty, Bernard, Watson, George M., and Neufeld, Jacob, An Illustrated Guide to the Air War over Vietnam: Aircraft of the Southeast Asia Conflict. (Copy 2)
A magnificently illustrated, compact directory of the most important aircraft that took part in the conflict in Southeast AsiaA magnificently illustrated, compact directory of the most important aircraft that took part in the conflict in Southeast Asiaairplanes, military - history, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, military aircraft, 1965-1972 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Harvey, Frank, Air War - Vietnam. (Copy 2), 1967
Yankee Station - where A-f Skyhawks catapult of the carriers and wing towards North Vietnam. Operation "Ranch Hand" - where planes make war against the land itself.Yankee Station - where A-f Skyhawks catapult of the carriers and wing towards North Vietnam. Operation "Ranch Hand" - where planes make war against the land itself.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american, opeation ranch hand -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, War Dogs #2 M-16 Jury, 1985
vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - veterans - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Woodard, Garry, Asian Alternatives: Australia's Vietnam Decision and Lessons on Going to War (Copy 2)
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lanning, Michael Lee, The Only War We Had: A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam (Copy 2)
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Barnes, Jeremy, The Pictorial History of the Vietnam War (Copy 2)
A collection of photos of the Vietnam War with a brief history of each.A collection of photos of the Vietnam War with a brief history of each. vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - politcs and government - 1945-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Triumph Forsaken: the Vietnam War, 1954-1965. (Copy 2), 2006
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Vietnam: The Necessary War: a reinterpretation of America's most disastrous military conflict (Copy 2), 1999
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - 1963-1969 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Australia and the Vietnam War. (Copy 2), 2014
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Sexton, Michael, War for the Asking: How Australia Invited Itself to Vietnam. (Copy 2), 2002
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Buttinger, Joseph, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled. (Volume 2): Vietnam at War, 1967
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bowman, John ed, The Vietnam War Day by Day (Copy 2)
The Vietnam War was one of the longest, bitterest and most complex wars of the twentieth centruy. It began in 1945 as a localized nationalist revolt against French colonial rule in Indochina.The Vietnam War was one of the longest, bitterest and most complex wars of the twentieth centruy. It began in 1945 as a localized nationalist revolt against French colonial rule in Indochina. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - chronology, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - pictorial works