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Vietnam : an epic tragedy, 1945-1975 / by Hastings, Max.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 811-825) and index."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 epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the 1968 Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and much less familiar miniatures such as the bloodbath at Daido--where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out--together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed two million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it overwhelmingly as one for the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders and atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings, and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here we are given testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bar girls, and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, and Huey pilots from Arkansas. No past volume has blended a political and military narrative of the entire conflict with heart-stopping personal experiences in the fashion that Hastings's readers know so well. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle, and presents many lessons for the twenty-first century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political and cultural challenges. In Vietnam, Hastings marshals testimony from warlords and peasants, statesmen and soldiers, to create an extraordinary record."--Jacket.Beauty and many beasts -- The "dirty war" -- The fortress that never was -- Bloody footprints -- The twin tyrannies -- Some of the way with JFK -- 1963: coffins for two presidents -- The maze -- Into the Gulf -- "We are puzzled about how to proceed" -- The escalator -- "Trying to grab smoke" -- Graft and peppermint oil -- Rolling thunder -- Taking the pain -- "Waist deep in the Big Muddy" -- Our guys, their guys: the Vietnamese war -- Tet -- The giant reels -- Continuous replays -- Nixon's inheritance -- Losing by installments -- Collateral damage -- The biggest battle -- Big ugly fat fellers -- A kiss before dying -- The last act -- Afterward.
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975.;
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The things they carried : a work of fiction / by O'Brien, Tim,1946-;
880This work depicts the heroic young men of Alpha Company as they carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have.The things they carried -- Love -- Spin -- On the rainy river -- Enemies -- Friends -- How to tell a true war story -- The dentist -- Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong -- Stockings -- Church -- The man I killed -- Ambush -- Style -- Speaking of courage -- Notes -- In the field -- Good form -- Field trip -- The ghost soldiers -- Night life -- The lives of the dead.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; War stories, American.;
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Is Iraq another Vietnam? / by Brigham, Robert K.(Robert Kendall),1960-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-193) and index.
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
© c2006., PublicAffairs,
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The Vietnam War : a concise international history / by Lawrence, Mark Atwood.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-204) and index.The road to revolution -- Colonialism and Cold War -- An anguished peace -- Escalation -- War on many fronts -- The Tet Offensive -- Ending the American War -- Wars unending.While focusing on American involvement between 1965 and 1975, Lawrence offers an unprecedentedly complete picture of all sides of the war, notably by examining the motives that drove the Vietnamese communists and their foreign allies. Moreover, the book carefully considers both the long- and short-term origins of the war. --from publisher description
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; World politics;
© 2008., Oxford University Press,
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My Lai : an American atrocity in the Vietnam War / by Allison, William Thomas.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-157) and index.Charlie Company and Vietnam -- March 16, 1968 -- Aftermath -- Discovery -- Responsibility -- Legacy.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 this book the author 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? The My Lai massacre 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, the author seeks to ensure that our collective memory of this shameful episode does not fade. This book provides a clear narrative of this historic moment and offers suggestions for how to come to terms with its aftermath.
Subjects: My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
© 2012., Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Hocus pocus / by Vonnegut, Kurt.;
From the author of Timequake, this "irresistible" novel (Cleveland Plain Dealer) tells the story of Eugene Debs Hartke-Vietnam veteran, jazz pianist, college professor, and prognosticator of the apocalypse.
Subjects: Satirical fiction.; Satire.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Prisoners;
© 1997, ©1990., Berkley,
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Born on the Fourth of July / by Kovic, Ron.;
This New York Times bestseller details the author's life story-from a patriotic soldier in Vietnam, to his severe battlefield injury, to his role as the country's most outspoken anti-Vietnam War advocate. Kovic served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He was paralyzed from his chest down in combat in 1968 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. Includes a new introduction by the author.Introduction 2005 by Ron Kovic 15 -- Born on the Fourth of July 27 -- Postscript: Letter to Ron Kovic's parents from Lieutenant General L.W. Walt, U.S. Marine Corps, February 14, 1968 218 -- About the Author.
Subjects: Kovic, Ron.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
© ©2005., Akashic Books,
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The Vietnam War : an intimate history / by Ward, Geoffrey C.; Burns, Ken,1953-writer of introduction.; Novick, Lynn,writer of introduction.; El-Amin, Salimah,contributor.; Frank, Lucas B.,contributor.; Hinders, Maggie,contributor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Déjà vu : 1858-1961 -- Paths to power / Edward Miller -- Riding the tiger : 1961-1963 -- Kennedy and what might have been / Fredrik Logevall -- The River Styx : January 1964-December 1965 -- Resolve : January 1966-June 1967 -- What we do : July-December 1967 -- Things fall apart : January-June 1968 -- The veneer of civilization : June 1968-April 1969 -- The history of the world : May 1969-December 1970 -- Seeing Americans again / Bao Ninh -- A disrespectful loyalty : January 1971-March 1973 -- Vietnam and the movement / Todd Gitlin -- The weight of memory : March 1973-April 1975 -- Dust of life, dust of war / Viet Thanh Nguyen -- Epilogue.What we remember, what we've forgotten, and what we never knew about America's least understood war, revealed in a riveting, richly illustrated volume based on the major ten-part PBS documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Historian Geoffrey C. Ward and filmmaker Ken Burns, the authors of the acclaimed and best-selling The Civil War, Jazz, The War, and Baseball, present an intimate history of the Vietnam War. All the major milestones are here--from the Gulf of Tonkin and the Tet Offensive to Hamburger Hill and the fall of Saigon--and we are able to listen in as three American presidents and their advisors search for a way to win or to get out. But most of the voices that echo from these pages belong to less exalted men and women--nearly 100 of them, those who fought in the war as well as those who fought against it, victims and victors, and Vietnamese from both North and South willing for the first time to share their memories of the war as it really was. More than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its ghosts remain. We still ask the questions today we asked then: Why were we there? What should we have done differently, or should we have done anything at all? Who was right and who was wrong? Answers remain elusive. But over the intervening decades, archives have opened, ideology has softened, men and women whose memories were once too painful to revisit have become eager to talk. The result is a compelling, completely fresh account of the long and brutal conflict that reunited Vietnam while dividing the United States as nothing else had since the Civil War. This unique tour de force filled with rare photographs, illuminating guest essays, and unforgettable firsthand accounts will reshape your understanding of the Vietnam War, and of war itself.--Jacket flap.More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. This volume draws on hundreds of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more, seeking to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy."A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War"--
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975.; World politics;
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Vietnam, a history / by Karnow, Stanley.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 721-741) and index.Examines American involvement in the Vietnam War, delves into the decision-making process in Washington and Asia, and presents interviews with participants on both sides.1. The War Nobody Won -- 2. Piety and Power -- 3. The Heritage of Vietnamese Nationalism -- 4. The War with the French -- 5. The Light That Failed -- 6. America's Mandarin -- 7. Vietnam Is the Place -- 8. The End of Diem -- 9. The Commitments Deepen -- 10. Disorder and Decision -- 11. LBJ Goes to War -- 12. Escalation -- 13. Debate, Diplomacy, Doubt -- 14. Tet -- 15. Nixon's War -- 16. The Peace That Never Was
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975.;
© 1997., Penguin Books,
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The Vietnam War / by Burns, Ken,1953-television director,television producer.; Novick, Lynn,television director,television producer.; Ward, Geoffrey C.,screenwriter.; Botstein, Sarah,1972-television producer.; Coyote, Peter,narrator.; Squires, Buddy,cinematographer.; Reidy, Tricia,film editor.; Barnes, Paul,1951-film editor.; Ewers, Erik,film editor.; Mellish, Craig,film editor.; Reznor, Trent,composer (expression); Ross, Atticus,1968-composer (expression); Cieri, David,composer (expression); Florentine Films,production company.; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.),production company.; Silk Road Ensemble,composer (expression); PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
DVD, NTSC, region 1.Narrated by Peter Coyote.Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish ; original music, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Silk Road Ensemble featuring Yo-Yo Ma, David Cieri.Rating: TV-MA.The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick : Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen, digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations. The Vietnam War features more than 100 iconic musical recordings from greatest artists of the era, and haunting original music from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross as well as the Silk Road Ensemble featuring Yo-Yo Ma.--Publisher.In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides. Six years in the making, the series brings the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life. Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, produced by Sarah Botstein, Novick and Burns, it includes rarely seen, digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, revelatory audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations and more than 100 iconic musical recordings by many of the greatest artists of the era. The film will be accompanied by an unprecedented outreach and public engagement program, providing opportunities for communities to participate in a national conversation about what happened during the Vietnam War, what went wrong and what lessons are to be learned. In addition, there will be a robust interactive website and an educational initiative designed to engage teachers and students in multiple platforms.--kenburns.comVolume one. Episodes 1-5 -- volume two. Episodes 6-10.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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