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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, L'Adieu A Saigon (in French language)
... 1961-1975 - France... Newhaven gippsland Vietnam War 1961-1975 - France L'Adieu A Saigon ...vietnam war, 1961-1975 - france -
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Book, William Collins, Vietnam : an epic tragedy history of a tragic war, 2018
Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed 2 million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.722.non-fictionVietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed 2 million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas.vietnam war 1961-1975 – history, vietnam war 1961-1975 – personal recollections -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Patches of fire: a story of war and redemption
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - african americans - fiction, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - veterans - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Francillon, Rene J, Vietnam Air Wars: French Indo China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
Vietnam Air Wars also provides detailed examination of US losses throughout the war, as well as technical descriptions of each type of aircraft used during the 30 years of conflictVietnam Air Wars also provides detailed examination of US losses throughout the war, as well as technical descriptions of each type of aircraft used during the 30 years of conflict 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations - pictorial works, indochina -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Gibson, Michael, The War in Vietnam
The long and bloody conflict in Vietnam resulted in the defeat of a major superpower by a small country. This book explores the aims of protagonists: the Vietnamese fighting to liberate their counry from foreign intervention, the French, struggling to maintain their colony, and the Americans, determined to prevent further spread of communism.The long and bloody conflict in Vietnam resulted in the defeat of a major superpower by a small country. This book explores the aims of protagonists: the Vietnamese fighting to liberate their counry from foreign intervention, the French, struggling to maintain their colony, and the Americans, determined to prevent further spread of communism.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - juvenile literature -
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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bowman, John ed, The Vietnam War Day by Day (Copy 1)
The Vietnam War was one of the longest, bitterest and most complex wars of the twentieth century. 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 century. It began in 1945 as a localized nationalist revolt against French colonial rule in Indochina. 1961-1975 - chronology, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - pictorial works -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Le, Kinh Li ch, The 30-Year War: 1945-1975 (Copy 2), 2017
In August 1945, the Vietnamese people led by the Communist Party and President Ho Chi Ninh rose up to wrest back national independence and freedom from the French colonial ists and Japanese fascists.In August 1945, the Vietnamese people led by the Communist Party and President Ho Chi Ninh rose up to wrest back national independence and freedom from the French colonial ists and Japanese fascists.vietnam history - 1945 - 1975, vietnam war (1961-1975), indochinese war, 1946-1954, president ho chi ninh -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Newman, Bernard, Report on Indo-China, 1953
In April 1918, I pitched my tent on the outskirts of Reninghelst, near the French-Belgian frontier.In April 1918, I pitched my tent on the outskirts of Reninghelst, near the French-Belgian frontier.indochinese war, 1946-1954, vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam history - 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Davies, Bruce, The Battle at Ngok Tavak: Allied Valor and Defeat in Vietnam, 2008
In May 1968, in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos, a Special Force Company under the command of an Australian army captain, supported by a U.S. Marine Marine artillery detachedment, occupied an old French Fort on a hill known as Ngok Tavak.In May 1968, in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos, a Special Force Company under the command of an Australian army captain, supported by a U.S. Marine Marine artillery detachedment, occupied an old French Fort on a hill known as Ngok Tavak.australia. army training team, vietnam., united states. marine corps -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975, battle of ngok tavak -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bowman, John S. ed, The Vietnam War Day By Day (Copy 3)
The Vietnam War was one of the longest, bitterest and most complex wars of the twentieth century. 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 century. It began in 1945 as a localized nationalist revolt against French colonial rule in Indochina. 1961-1975 - chronology, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - pictorial works