New in paperback, this is the photographic history of the war that tore apart the country's spirit. Using more than 450 U.S. and Vietnamese official and personal photos, this book illustrates and describes the battles, weapons, emotions, heroism, and pain of this most controversial of American wars, from its earliest beginnings to the fall of Saigon in 1975.
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With World War II over, the French hoped and expected to return to their former colonies in French Indochina, pick up the pieces, and carry on as before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Vietnamese, South Vietnam, United States, Infantry Division, Airborne Division, World War, Cavalry Division, Vietnam War, Rolling Thunder, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Tactical Fighter Squadron, Khe Sanh, Tet Offensive, Bao Dai, Long Binh, Mekong Delta, Southeast Asia, Bien Hoa Air Base, Cam Ranh Bay, Duc Pho, Gulf of Tonkin, Operation Oregon, Phnom Penh, Camp Pendleton, Marine Division New!
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With World War II over, the French hoped and expected to return to their former colonies in French Indochina, pick up the pieces, and carry on as before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Vietnamese, South Vietnam, United States, Infantry Division, Airborne Division, World War, Cavalry Division, Vietnam War, Rolling Thunder, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Tactical Fighter Squadron, Khe Sanh, Tet Offensive, Bao Dai, Long Binh, Mekong Delta, Southeast Asia, Bien Hoa Air Base, Cam Ranh Bay, Duc Pho, Gulf of Tonkin, Operation Oregon, Phnom Penh, Camp Pendleton, Marine Division New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- D-Day Normandy (P) (American War Series) by Katherine V. Dillon in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances FitzGerald in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Many Reasons Why: The American Involvement in Vietnam (American century series) by Michael Charlton in Back Matter
- Street Without Joy by Bernard B. Fall in Back Matter
- The Vietnam War: The Illustrated History of the Conflict in Southeast Asia by Ray Bonds in Back Matter
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- At War in the Shadow of Vietnam by Timothy Castle on 6 pages
- America in World War I: The Story and Photographs (Potomac Books' America Goes to War series) by Donald M. Goldstein in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Remains of War: Bodies, Politics, and the Search for American Soldiers Unaccounted For in Southeast Asia (Politics, History, and Culture) by Thomas M. Hawley on page 252, and Back Matter
- Military Justice in Vietnam: The Rule of Law in an American War (Modern War Studies) by William Thomas Allison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- After Vietnam: Legacies of a Lost War by Charles E. Neu in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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