Vietnam War

They Were Soldiers showcases the inspiring true stories of 49 Vietnam veterans who returned home from the "lost war" to enrich America's present and future. In this groundbreaking new book, Joseph L. Galloway, distinguished war correspondent and New...

In this harsh and unsparing book, Bertrand Russell presents the unvarnished truth about the war in Vietnam. He argues that "To understand the war, we must understand America"-and, in doing so, we must understand that racism in the United States...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595138883Author John G HubbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 660Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 957gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 151mm * 40mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609801380Author Fred A WilcoxFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 387g

The first full-length history of the Vietnam War based on primary sources.About the AuthorRobert D. Schulzinger is Professor of History and Director of the International Affairs Program at the University of Colorado.ReviewsThoroughly researched, well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999035948Author Peter ArnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Associated PressPublisher Associated PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Air Cav: History of the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam 1965-1969 is the story of the small, close world of fighting men in action. This volume can be many things to many people a book of memories, a souvenir, a pictorial essay on airmobility, or simply...

The role of the news media during the Vietnam War has aroused much controversy. The author aims to demystify the subject in a book that presents a scrupulously researched study of the press and armed services. Drawing on a thorough examination of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336264Author Arrigo VelicognaFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Lurps is the revised edition of the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth grade to chase his dream of military service. After volunteering for Vietnam, he joins the elite U.S. Army LRRP/Rangers-small, heavily armed long-range...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418610Author Keith William NolanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804118705Author John CulbertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ivy Books,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...

This new, extensively researched volume is a comprehensive guide to the history, development, wear, and use of uniforms and equipment during America's involvement in the Vietnam War. Included are insignia, headgear, camouflage uniforms, experimental...

Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account provides a riveting narrative of how the United States created a major foreign policy disaster for itself in a faraway land it knew little about. In the introduction to this edition,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692566121Author John H FullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 466Imprint Chronicles Project, Inc.Publisher Chronicles Project, Inc.Weight(grams) 1070g

Since the fall of Saigon in 1975 there have been many books published on why (and whether) America lost the war in Vietnam. The senior American commander in charge of prosecuting the war during its buildup and peak of fighting, Admiral U.S.G. Sharp,...

In late 1971, the People's Army of Vietnam launched Campaign "Z" into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeating the last Royal Lao Army troops. The NVA troops numbered 27,000 and brought with them 130mm field guns and T-34...

"A thoroughly researched and highly perceptive study of the decisions that turned the tribal struggle in Vietnam into an American war. Berman's book fully documents the role of domestic policy in our tragic involvement. As one who watched the process at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804115988Author Kregg P. JorgensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 170mm *...

No one can understand the complete tragedy of the American experience in Vietnam without reading this book. Nothing so underscores the ambivalence and confusion of the American commitment as does the composition of our fighting forces. The rich and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788496658547Author Marti DemiquelsFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Andrea PressPublisher Andrea Press

By 1968, the United States had committed over 525,000 men to Vietnam and bombed virtually all military targets recommended by the joint Chiefs of Staff. Yet, the United States was no closer to securing its objectives than it had been prior to the...

The American war in Vietnam was concluded in 1973 under the terms of a truce that were effectively identical to what was offered to the Nixon administration four years earlier. Those four years cost America billions of dollars and over 35,000 war deaths...

In a 1965 letter to 'Newsweek', French writer and academic Bernard Fall (1926-67) staked a claim as the 'Number One Realist' on the Vietnam War. This is the first book to study the thought of this overlooked figure, one of the most important experts on...

Fresh out of West Point, John Howard arrived for his first tour in Vietnam in 1965, the first full year of escalation when U.S. troop levels increased to 184,000 from 23,000 the year before. When he returned for a second tour in 1972, troop strength...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070630Author Darren PooleFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & CompanyWeight(grams) 210g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671682194Author SasserFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 135g

In late 1967 as part of the Tet offensive, U.S. commanders hoped to lure the North Vietnamese Army into exposing large numbers of soldiers to their overwhelming air power. But in January 1968, a U.S. Marine Corps force found themselves surrounded by the...

In early 1965 the United States unleashed the largest sustained aerial bombing campaign since World War II, against North Vietnam. Through an ever-escalating onslaught of destruction, Operation Rolling Thunder intended to signal America's unwavering...

The popular conception of the Vietnam War focuses on the ground war--the soldiers and grunts who humped along jungle trails and fought the Vietcong face to face--but an important part of the war was waged in the skies over Southeast Asia, and indeed many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999491584Author Tuan PhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Hidden RiverPublisher Hidden RiverWeight(grams) 395g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501183454Author John L PlasterFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804111201Author Michael HodginsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 173mm * 106mm...

This is an account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the American Phase of the Second Indochina War (1959 to 1975). At the time it was painted as a major American defeat, but this new history tells the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999035917Author Peter ArnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Associated PressPublisher Associated PressWeight(grams) 417g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804118804Author Frank JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804115667Author Reynel MartinezFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

This is an account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the American Phase of the Second Indochina War (1959 to 1975). At the time it was painted as a major American defeat, but this new history tells the...

During the Vietnam war 3500 officers and men served in the Swift Boat program in a fleet of 130 boats with no armor plating. The boats patrolled the coast and rivers of South Vietnam, with the average age of the crew being twenty-four. Their days...

A "better war." Over the last two decades, this term has become synonymous with US strategy during the Vietnam War's final years. The narrative is enticingly simple, appealing to many audiences. After the disastrous results of the 1968 Tet offensive, in...