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Author | : Maurice Isserman |
Publisher | : Perigee Trade |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This is the story of the Vietnam War, told in the words of the people who lived it - soldiers and civilians, officers and political leaders, reporters and diplomats. From the anticolonial uprisings in the 1940s to the crushing defeat of South Vietnam in 1975, Witness to War: Vietnam provides the complete story of America's most controversial war with perspective that goes beyond the battlefields - to offer new insight into events that shaped the course of American history. Witness to War: Vietnam includes a wide selection of personal accounts and records: from discussions of strategy to questions of morality; from public documents to the private opinions and recollections of government leaders; from front-page newspaper stories to front-line soldier accounts. Revealing the human side of the war through actual narratives, it is an indispensable guide to the history of the Vietnam era. Maurice Isserman is a professor of history at Hamilton College.
Author | : John Balaban |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780820324159 |
The author recounts his years in Vietnam as a conscientious objector, serving as a teacher and a rescue worker for an organization that sent children with war injuries to the United States.
Author | : William Thomas Allison |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2012-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1421406446 |
Allison tells the story of a terrible moment in American history and explores how to deal with the aftermath. On March 16, 1968, American soldiers killed as many as five hundred Vietnamese men, women, and children in a village near the South China Sea. In My Lai William Thomas Allison explores and evaluates the significance of this horrific event. How could such a thing have happened? Who (or what) should be held accountable? How do we remember this atrocity and try to apply its lessons, if any? My Lai has fixed the attention of Americans of various political stripes for more than forty years. The breadth of writing on the massacre, from news reports to scholarly accounts, highlights the difficulty of establishing fact and motive in an incident during which confusion, prejudice, and self-preservation overwhelmed the troops. Son of a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War—and aware that the generation who lived through the incident is aging—Allison seeks to ensure that our collective memory of this shameful episode does not fade. Well written and accessible, Allison’s book provides a clear narrative of this historic moment and offers suggestions for how to come to terms with its aftermath.
Author | : Bernard B. Fall |
Publisher | : New York : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Vietnam |
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Author | : DK Eyewitness |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2023-10-24 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0744093090 |
Visit Southeast Asia’s paradise! Taste traditional street food in Hanoi, cruise in Halong bay, explore nature and wildlife, take a boat trip through paddy fields and marvel at colonial architecture in Ho Chi Minh City. Your DK guide has it all: Welcome to Vietnam! Take the new lightweight Vietnam travel book wherever you go. Inside the pages of DK Eyewitness Vietnam, you’ll find: • Our pick of Vietnam’s must-sees, top experiences and hidden gems. • The best spots to eat, drink, shop and stay. • Detailed maps and walks to make navigating the country easy. • Easy-to-follow itineraries. • Expert advice: get ready, get around and stay safe. • Color-coded chapters to every part of Vietnam, from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, the Mekong Delta to Northern Vietnam. Vietnam has a wealth of sights and experiences waiting to be discovered! From dramatic mountain landscapes in Sapa to long stretches of pristine, palm-fringed sands on the east coast. And with the country's rich history, delicious cuisine and friendly cities, there is plenty for you to enjoy. There are so many reasons to love Vietnam! Experience the best of this small Asian country in spectacular detail with photographs on practically every page, and hand-drawn illustrations that place you inside the country’s iconic buildings and neighborhoods. This guidebook breaks up this bit of paradise into easily navigable adventures with expert local knowledge, trusted travel advice and comprehensive maps. From North to South Vietnam, excursions to Angkor, historical and religious sites like the temple of the Jade Emperor, and all the outdoor activities Vietnam has to offer! More trips to uncover DK Eyewitness is the most up-to-date travel guide series following the COVID-19 outbreak. Each guide includes expert-led insights into the world’s most famous countries and cities, things to do and places to stay. Want the best of Southeast Asia in your pocket? Try our Eyewitness Malaysia or Eyewitness Cambodia and Laos.
Author | : Christina Schwenkel |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2009-07-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0253003318 |
Christina Schwenkel's absorbing study explores how the "American War" is remembered and commemorated in Vietnam today -- in official and unofficial histories and in everyday life. Schwenkel analyzes visual representations found in monuments and martyrs' cemeteries, museums, photography and art exhibits, battlefield tours, and related sites of "trauma tourism." In these transnational spaces, American and Vietnamese memories of the war intersect in ways profoundly shaped by global economic liberalization and the return of American citizens as tourists, pilgrims, and philanthropists.
Author | : Bright Quang |
Publisher | : Publishamerica Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011-05-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781456032111 |
Author | : Bernard B. Fall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Earl S. Martin |
Publisher | : Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Arnold R. Isaacs |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2000-04-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780801863448 |
Isaacs talks to the veterans unable to forget the war no one wanted to talk about. He explores the class divisions deepened by a conflict in which the privileged avoided service that an earlier generation had embraced as a duty. And he shows how the "Vietnam Syndrome" continues to affect nearly every major U.S. foreign policy decision, from the Persion Gulf to Somalia, Bosnia, and Haiti.