Moyar, Mark

Summary: "Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many new insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2006

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Hastings, Max

Summary: "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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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Summary: Text and photographs trace the conflict and American involvement in Vietnam as reported by the New York Times.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arno Press 1979

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Lamb, David

Summary: Thirty years after covering the Vietnam War as a combat correspondent, the author returns to Hanoi to explore modern Vietnam, examining the people, the land, the history, the culture, and the legacy of the war.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2002

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Summary: After the fall of Saigon, millions were dead and nearly another million were sent to re-education camps. From the jungles of Vietnam to the streets of Southern California, learn what happened to the Vietnamese people after the 21-year civil war ended.

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Publisher / Publication Date: ImaginAsian Home Entertainment 2007

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O'Connor, Jim

Summary: "Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019

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Gitlin, Marty

Summary: This book explores the causes of and events leading to the Vietnam War. Easy-to-read, engaging text discusses major battles and key figures of the war and the technology and weapons used during the war. Through primary source quotes, readers will discover the experiences of soldiers and people on the home front. Readers will learn what impact the Vietnam War had on US history and the country's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Davidson, Phillip B.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Presidio Press 1988

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Karnow, Stanley.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1997

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Summary: The words 'My Lai' are seared into our memories of the Vietnam War, but few know what really happened in the small Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968. Now, drawing on 400 hours of recently discovered audio recordings and new interviews with participants, eye witnesses, and investigators, the complete story can finally be told about one of the most shocking atrocities in modern times, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2010

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Lomperis, Timothy J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: CQ Press 1992

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Phillips, Rufus.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2008

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Summary: A story that led to the events of the United States military involvement in Vietnam. Here, a love triangle between a British journalist, his mistress, and a mysterious CIA operative evolves into a much greater mystery that eventually leads to murder and deception.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2003

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Michel, Marshall L.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2002

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Carlock, Chuck

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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Pub. Group 1995

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Chant, Christopher

Summary: The Vietnam War constitutes a defining moment in modern history. Starting from a time soon after the Japanese surrender in 1945, at the end of the Second World War, and lasting to the North Vietnamese conquest of South Vietnam in 1975 to re-create a unified Vietnamese state, the war pitted the Communists of Vietnam, against a number of opponents. Those included first the French and second the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2018

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Sallah, Michael.

Summary: Presents the "last great secret of the Vietnam War," the story of an experimental fighting unit known as the Tiger Force, the atrocities they committed, and the coverup that stretched all the way to the White House.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner AudioBooks 2006

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Wiest, Andrew A.

Contents: Coming of age in a time of war -- A war transformed: battle, politics and the Americanization of the war, 1963-1966 -- Fighting two wars: years of attrition and pacification, 1966-1967 -- A time for heroes: the Tet Offensive -- After Tet: the year of hope -- Hamburger Hill: the untold story of the battle for Dong Ap Bia -- A war transformed: Vietnamization, 1969-1970 -- Shattered lives and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2008

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Summary: "Combat at Close Quarters presents the work of five renowned historians who describe and interpret the U.S. Navy's major combat operations in Southeast Asia, including the Rolling Thunder and Linebacker strikes against North Vietnam, the river war in South Vietnam's Mekong Delta, and the intelligence campaign. Over 200 images drawn from Navy archives and private collections, detailed maps, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2018

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Hackworth, David H.

Summary: The commanding officer of an infantry battalion in Vietnam in 1969 recounts how he took over a demoralized unit of ordinary draftees and turned it into an elite fighting force, and describes its accomplishments.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rugged Land 2002

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Summary: A video history of the Vietnam War.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Madacy Entertainment 2005

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Hansen, Neil Graham

Summary: In 1964, I embarked on a journey that was to be my life's adventure. I hired on as a pilot for Air America and its clandestine operations in Southeast Asia. Flying for the CIA's secret airline was a dream come true. Air America's operations were unknown. Its schedules were irregular. Its pilots were shadow people. It was the world of spooks, covert air ops and adventure. I had already been a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: History Publishing Company 2018

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Henderson, Charles

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2006

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