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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Chomsky, Noam, Rethinking Camelot: JFK, The Vietnam War and US political Culture
This book is a thorough analysis of John F. Kennedy's role in the U.S. invasion of Vietnam and a probing reflection on the elite political culture that allowed and encouraged the Cold WarThis book is a thorough analysis of John F. Kennedy's role in the U.S. invasion of Vietnam and a probing reflection on the elite political culture that allowed and encouraged the Cold Warkennedy, john f. (john fitzgerald), 1917-1963., vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- united states, united states -- politics and government -- 1961-1963, president kennedy -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Antiwarriors: the Vietnam War and the Battle for America's Hearts and Minds, 2002
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - protest movements - united states, united states - history - 1945 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Fuelling the War: revealing an oil company's role in Vietnam, 2000
shell oil company, vietnam war, 1961-1975, petroleum industry and trade -- vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War, 1995
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - politics and government - 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Moore, Harold G, (Lt. Gen. Ret) and Galloway, Joseph L, We Were Soldiers Once - and Young: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam. (Copy 1)
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, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War. (Copy 1)
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War. (Copy 2)
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, A Time of War. (hardcover) Copy 1
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, A Time of War. (softcover) (Copy 2)
war stories, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lawrence, Mark Atwood, Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam, 2005
Rigorously researched and carefully argued...Utilizing British, French, and American diplomatic, military and political records between the final years of the Second World War and 1950Rigorously researched and carefully argued...Utilizing British, French, and American diplomatic, military and political records between the final years of the Second World War and 1950indochina - history - 1945, united states - foreign relations - vietnam, cold war -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Davies, Peter E, US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom 11 Units Of The Vietnam War, 2012
Comprehensive histories of fighting aircraft and their crews, highlighting their vital role in the development of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuriesComprehensive histories of fighting aircraft and their crews, highlighting their vital role in the development of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuriesunited states. marine corps -- aviation -- history -- 20th century, united states. marine corps -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975., phantom ii (jet fighter plane), vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, A-6 Intruder Units of the Vietnam War, 2012
united states. navy -- aviation -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- naval operations, american, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Schulzinger, Robert D, A Time For Peace: the Legacy of the Vietnam War
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Maclear, Michael, Vietnam: A Chronicle of the War, 1981
A complete photographic history with more than 2,000 photographs and mapsA complete photographic history with more than 2,000 photographs and maps 1961-1975 -- pictorial works., 1961-1975 -- chronology., vietnam war, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Schulzinger, Robert D, A Time for War: the United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975, 1997
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Chong, Denise, The Girl in the Picture: The story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph and the Vietnam War, 1999
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dittmar, Linda and Michaud, Gene, From Hanoi to Hollywood: The Vietnam War in American Film, 1990
This volume is about power. It is about the power to make war and to destroy lives.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Anderegg, Michael ed, Inventing Vietnam: The War in Film and Television, 1991
Every available medium has presented a message, an agenda, of what filmmakers and producers choose to project about America's involvement in Southeast Asia.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Vietnam at War: The History: 1946-1975 (Copy 2), 1988
indochinese war, 1946-1954, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McMahon, Robert J, Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War: Documents and Essays (Copy 2), 2003
U.S. intervention in vietnam grew slowly in the first years after the Second World War - almost imperceptibly so to most Americans. but an ever-deepening committment soon became evident.U.S. intervention in vietnam grew slowly in the first years after the Second World War - almost imperceptibly so to most Americans. but an ever-deepening committment soon became evident. 1961-1975 -- sources, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- united states -- diplomatic history, united states -- foreign relations -- vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McMahon, Robert J, Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War: Documents and Essays, 2008
As the American people and their leaders grappled today with a deeply unpopular war in the Middle East, many seek to learn relevant lessons and gain insight and perspective through comparisos with the U.S. experience in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 1970s.As the American people and their leaders grappled today with a deeply unpopular war in the Middle East, many seek to learn relevant lessons and gain insight and perspective through comparisos with the U.S. experience in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 1970s. 1961-1975 -- sources, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- united states -- diplomatic history, united states -- foreign relations -- vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Anderson, David L, The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War, 2002
An invaluable introduction to the study of one of the most searing and still-controversial episodes in the U.S. historyAn invaluable introduction to the study of one of the most searing and still-controversial episodes in the U.S. historyvietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - conflict -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Noone, Val, Disturbing the War: Melbourne Catholics and Vietnam, 1993
Val Noone's careful and comprehensive study of the strands of conflict within the Catholic Church during the Vietnam War is compulsive reading.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Hall, Mitchell K, The Vietnam War (2nd ed.), 2007
Mitchell Hall explores all the key elements of the conflict.Mitchell Hall explores all the key elements of the conflict.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- united states, united states -- politics and government -- 1945-1989 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lowe, Peter ed, The Vietnam War, 1998
The conflict in Vietnam continues to attract enormous attention as, one of the most divisive and traumatic events of the post 1945 eriod. For too long the issues have tended to revolve almost exclusively around Americam culpability, and this book is an attemp, using a wide, international range of contributors, to explain to students the wider meaning end efforts of the Vietnam conflict.The conflict in Vietnam continues to attract enormous attention as, one of the most divisive and traumatic events of the post 1945 eriod. For too long the issues have tended to revolve almost exclusively around Americam culpability, and this book is an attemp, using a wide, international range of contributors, to explain to students the wider meaning end efforts of the Vietnam conflict.vietnam war (1961-1975), north vietnam, south vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Tet Offensive: intelligence Failure in War (Copy 2)
tet offensive, 1968, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - military intelligence -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lomperis, Timothy J, The War Everyone Lost - and Won: America's intervention in Viet Nam's Twin Struggles, 1984
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.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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Hammond, William M, Reporting Vietnam: Media and Military at War, 1998
A superb book and marvelous read, Reporting Vietnam is by far the best study of the press and armed services yet written,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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McKay, Gary, In Good Company: One Man's War in Vietnam (Copy 5)
Lieutnenat Gary McKay was 'medevaced' from nui le on the 22nd Seotember 1971, severely wounded by machine-gun fire. Early the next month he was returned to Australia. In July 1972 he was awarded the Military Cross for service in South Vietnam.Lieutnenat Gary McKay was 'medevaced' from nui le on the 22nd Seotember 1971, severely wounded by machine-gun fire. Early the next month he was returned to Australia. In July 1972 he was awarded the Military Cross for service in South Vietnam.australia. army - officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Vietnam: The Complete Story of the Australian War (Copy 2), 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, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- participation, australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- political aspects -- australia