Vietnam was the first war America lost on the ground. In this fascinating account, historian Nigel Cawthorne traces the conflict from its inception to its traumatic end. He looks at the political events that led tot he war and examines its impact upon both the Americans and the Vietnamese, whose battle for the independence of their country was to leave lingering scars upon the American psyche. Vietnam: A War Lost and Won is an even-handed assessment of a conflict whose wounds would take a generation to heal.
With generous selections from the documentary records, the book dispels distortions and illuminates in depth the many facets of the war, from Vietnam’s history before the war, to Washington’s insider policy making, to troop perspectives ...
Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, O'Connor explains why the United States got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America. Original.
We must learn more about Vietnamese culture and Vietnamese paradigms in order to untangle the muddled debates about our own. Realizing that we must do this is the first and most important lesson of Vietnam.
A collection of letters, poems, and petitions from the front, written mostly by infantrymen to their families and friends, evokes the mingled emotions of an intense longing for home, fear, hope, grief, and anger aroused by the Vietnam War.
... they could never drop napalm on American troops or carpet-bomb American cities and industrial complexes with B-52s. ... Any hit within a half kilometer would collapse the walls of an un-reinforced bunker, burying alive the people ...
Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles America's fight against Communism in southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, and comprehensively explores the people, politics, events, and ...
Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" (Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history.
Based on extensive archival research, this is the best account to date of one of the defining moments of the Vietnam War. "--
Davidson , W. Phillips . " Making Sense of Vietnam News . " Columbia Journalism Review . Winter 1966/1967 . ... Duncan , David Douglas . / Protest ! New York : Signet , 1968 . Elegant , Robert . " How to Lose a War . " Encounter .
Eugene G. Windchy, Tonkin Gulf (Doubleday, 1971), p. 5. Ibid., 21. p. 225. ... General Curtis E. LeMay with MacKinlay Kantor, Mission with LeMay: My Story (Doubleday, 1965), p. 564. See also Gallucci, Neither Peace nor Honor, p.