Asian History: Vietnam War
"The Tet Offensive"A Brief History With Documents
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With Americans turning against the war in greater numbers, struggles for power between the government and the military, and no end in sight to the fighting, the Tet Offensive of 1968 proved to be the turning point of the Vietnam War. This title provides an overview of the major events and issues surrounding the Tet Offensive. With 5 black & white tables, 18 black & white halftones. Paperback, 248 pages. Size: 226 x 158 mm. Weight: 393g.
Author: (Allison, William, ed.)
ISBN: 0415956811
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Asian History: Vietnam War
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"America's War in Vietnam"A Short Narrative History
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Presents the outcome of America's military involvement in Vietnam. This book examines the course of the French Indochina War and the Cold War origins of the early American involvement in Vietnam. It describes the domestic impact of American policies on public support and the reasons for the ultimate failure of US policy under President Johnson. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 235 x 156 mm. Weight: 431g.
Author: Addington, Larry
ISBN: 0253213606
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Vietnam"The (Last) War the U.S. Lost
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The (Last) War the US Lost. As the United States now faces a major defeat in its occupation of Iraq, the history of the Vietnam War takes on new importance, as a historic blunder for US military forces abroad. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 317g.
Author: Allen, Joe
ISBN: 1931859493
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Vietnam"The Definitive Oral History, Told From All Sides
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Gives an account of 135 men and women that span the history of the Vietnam conflict from its murky origins in the 1940s to the chaotic fall of Saigon in 1975. This book allows us to see and feel what this war meant to people on all sides - Americans and Vietnamese, generals and guerillas, policy makers and protesters, and the CIA operatives. Paperback, 608 pages. Size: 234 x 154 mm. Weight: 670g.
Author: Appy, Christian G.
ISBN: 0091910129
Publisher: Ebury Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Vietnam Voices"An Oral History of Eleven Vietnam Veterans
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Paperback, 268 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 398g.
Author: Behr, James F.
ISBN: 059531466X
Publisher: Iuniverse Dotcom
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Is Anybody Listening?"A True Story About Pow/Mias in the Vietnam War
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With 1. Hardback, 496 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 881g.
Author: Birchim, Barbara
ISBN: 1420837478
Publisher: Authorhouse
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Soul Soldiers"African Americans and the Vietnam Era
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Captures the spirit of the African American Vietnam experience and highlights the literary expression of Vietnam Vets. This book looks at Black life through the eyes of vets during the Civil Rights era. With 35 b&w illus, 1 map. Paperback, 218 pages. Size: 230 x 200 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Black, Samuel W.
ISBN: 0936340142
Publisher: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Date: 2002 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Thud Ridge"F-105 Thunderchief Missions Over Vietnam
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With approx 60 b/w photos. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Broughton, Jack
ISBN: 0859791165
Publisher: Crecy Publishing
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Soldier's Best Friend"Scout Dogs and Their Handlers in the Vietnam War
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A testimonial to the bond between American soldiers in Vietnam and their canine helpers. It gives an account of the author's tenure as a scout dog handler patrolling the jungles of Vietnam with his German shepherd. With b/w throughout, 8-pg b/w insert photos. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 421g.
Author: Burnam, John C.
ISBN: 1402754477
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"A Tale of Two Quagmires"Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War
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Is Iraq becoming another Vietnam? This work lays out the political similarities of both wars. It traces the chief lessons of Vietnam, which helped America successfully avoid quagmires, and explains how neoconservatives within the Bush administration cynically used the tragedy of 9/11 to drag America into a new quagmire in Iraq. With illustrations. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 250 x 154 mm. Weight: 269g.
Author: Campbell, Kenneth J.
ISBN: 159451352X
Publisher: Paradigm
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Inventing Vietnam"The United States and State Building, 1954 - 1968
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Carter argues that the Vietnam war resulted from failed U.S. state-building efforts in Vietnam. With 15 halftones. Paperback, 276 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 385g.
Author: Carter, James M.
ISBN: 052171690X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Vietnam"A War Lost and Won
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A War Lost and Won. With illustrations, maps, ports.. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 230 x 210 mm. Weight: 870g.
Author: Cawthorne, Nigel
ISBN: 0572034121
Publisher: Foulsham
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Expendable Warriors"The Battle of Khe Sanh and the Vietnam War
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The battle of Khe Sanh was won by the US, and the Vietnam War was lost at the same time. This work describes the experiences of the soldiers and marines who were expendable in the political chaos of Vietnam in 1968. It also ponders the question of how to win an unpopular war on foreign soil, linking battlefield events to political reality. With 8 illustrations (b&w), 7 maps. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 456g.
Author: Clarke, Bruce B.G.
ISBN: 0275994805
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Undergraduate Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Red Earth"A Vietnam Warrior's Journey
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"Earthworks" series; Native American men and women who wound up in Vietnam were very different from traditional warriors. Many had been removed from that traditional culture as many of these warrior traditions had been removed from these new societies and the old traditions had been replaced by Christian practices of various types. Paperback, 152 pages. Size: 203 x 127 mm. Weight: 300g.
Author: Eagle, Philip H. Red
ISBN: 1844712680
Publisher: Salt Publishing
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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"Voices From Vietnam"The Tragedies and Triumphs of Americans and Vietnamese - Two Peoples Forever Entwined By the Legacy of War
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With illustrations. Hardback, 264 pages. Size: 250 x 250 mm. Weight: 332g.
Author: Edwards, Charlene
ISBN: 0971402051
Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
Date: 2002 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian History: Vietnam War
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