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Reflections on the Vietnam War

Author : Warren Hunt
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974397808
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on the Vietnam War written by Warren Hunt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""An important contribution to the literature on the war."" Gary R. Hess, Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor, Bowling Green State University. Author, --"Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War." In his Reflections on the Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Journey, Warren E. Hunt chronicles his long struggle to come to grips with the meaning of the Vietnam War and how it affected him before, during and after his tour in Vietnam with the U.S. First Infantry Division. Using a stylistic mix of personal anecdote, historical reflection and essay, the author weaves his experience of the war into a broad context encompassing the course of his life. Starting out as a naive and patriotic teenager drafted at age 19, he traces his path through military training, his impressions of Vietnam and its people, the absurdity of daily basecamp life, and the crucible of enemy fire. Returning to a nation torn apart by the war, he soon realizes that, even though he is no longer in the army, he cannot escape the war''s insane grasp. Catastrophic events in Vietnam and on the home front, along with the dawning awareness of suicides among his fellow veterans, prompt him to seek answers to the questions that haunt his daily life: Why did America go to war in Vietnam? How could we lose? Why did so many people have to suffer in vain? His quest leads him to the unveiling of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., where painful memories and powerful emotions merge to initiate a healing process for the author, his fellow veterans and the country at large.

The American Experience in Vietnam

Author : The Editors of Boston Publishing Company
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1627884971
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book The American Experience in Vietnam written by The Editors of Boston Publishing Company and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landmark, Pulitzer Prize–nominated, bestselling illustrated history, updated for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War. When it was originally published, the twenty-five-volume Vietnam Experience offered the definitive historical perspectives of the Vietnam War from some of the best rising authors on the conflict. This new and reimagined edition updates the war on the fifty years that have passed since the war’s initiation. The official successor to the Pulitzer Prize–nominated set, The American Experience in Vietnam combines the best serious historical writing about the Vietnam War with new, never-before-published photos and perspectives. New content includes social, cultural, and military analysis; a view of post-1980s Vietnam; and contextualizing discussion of US involvement in the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Even if you own the original, The American Experience in Vietnam is a necessary addition for any modern Vietnam War enthusiast. Praise for The American Experience in Vietnam “The heart of the book is a well-written, objectively presented history of the war that includes a lot of military history.” —Vietnam Veterans of America

The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War

Author : John Norton Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War written by John Norton Moore and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, two prominent scholars, Moore and Turner (who debated in the 1960s), assembled a distinguished group of Vietnam experts at the University of Virginia to reexamine the conflict and search for its "real" lessons. This resulting volume includes contributions by senior diplomats, retired military officers, experts on Vietnamese Communism, and senior scholars of history, political science, and law. Given the diversity of the participants, the general consensus that emerges will surprise and enlighten many readers. The book corrects various myths that continue to influence American thinking about Vietnam. The idea that the U.S. military and CIA were intentionally engaged in "war crimes," such as the assassination of political opponents of the South Vietnamese government in the Phoenix Program, is laid to rest; and military legal experts address the tragic realities of My Lai and measures taken to prevent reoccurrence. It is popular today to say that Vietnam "could not have been won." The message emerging from this new study, on the contrary, is that despite some horrible blunders and incompetent political leadership at the highest levels, by 1973 the war had essentially been won. Partisan politics and mutual mistrust in Washington kept that message from reaching the right people, and a misunderstanding of public opinion prompted Congress to outlaw further U.S. military involvement--essentially snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. "The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War: Reflections Twenty-Five Years After the Fall of Saigon, edited by John Norton Moore and Robert F. Turner, has a number of fine chapters... The chapter 'Internationalist Outlook of Vietnamese Communism' by Stephen J. Morris, is excellent... The chapter 'Legal Issues in the U.S. Commitment to Vietnam: A Debate' by John Norton Moore is also well worth reading... Dr. Turner provides an excellent chapter dealing with how we turned victory into defeat... Dr. Gregory H. Stanton is the Director of Genocide Watch and has written a staggeringly powerful chapter that should be assigned reading for all students of American history and foreign policy, members of the press, and those serving in both the Congress and the executive branch of government." -- Parameters, US Army War College Quarterly, Autumn 2003

Reflections on the Vietnam War

Author : United States. Dept. of the Army. Center of Military History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on the Vietnam War written by United States. Dept. of the Army. Center of Military History and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Last Reflections on a War

Author : Bernard B. Fall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811709040
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Last Reflections on a War written by Bernard B. Fall and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard B Fall was 40 years old when he was killed by a booby trap in northern South Vietnam on February 21, 1967. By the time of his death he had already authored seven books on Vietnam. This book, first published shortly after Dr Fall's death, is a tribute to his life's work. It contains the only known autobiographical account of his life, several previously unpublished articles, notes for 'Street Without Joy Revisited', and transcripts of Dr Fall's tape recordings, including his last recorded words.

Reflections of a Warrior

Author : Elwood J.C. Kureth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416598359
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Reflections of a Warrior written by Elwood J.C. Kureth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections of a Warrior is a Medal of Honor winner's true story—a Green Beret's six deadly years in the killing fields of Vietnam. PFC Franklin Miller arrived in Vietnam in March 1966, and saw his first combat in a Reconnaissance Platoon. So began an odyssey that would make him into one of the most feared and respected men in the Special Forces elite, who made their own rules in the chaos of war. In the exclusive world of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observation Group, Miller ran missions deep into enemy territory to gather intelligence, snatch prisoners, and to kill. Leading small bands of battle-hardened Montagnard and Meo tribesmen, he was fierce and fearless—fighting army policy to stay in combat for six tours. On a top-secret mission in 1970, Miller and a handful of men, all critically injured, held off the NVA in an incredible Alamo-like stand—for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. When his time in Southeast Asia ended, he had also received the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal, and six Purple Hearts. This is his incredible story.

Vietnam Reflexes and Reflections

Author : Anthony F. Janson
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Reflexes and Reflections written by Anthony F. Janson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-overlooked art of Vietnam War veterans offers a unique perspective on a momentous event in American history. Nearly 200 works in a wide ranges of mediums are highlighted from the extraordinary collection at the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago. 307 illustrations, 123 in color.

Reflections on the Vietnam War

Author : Cao Van Vien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780923135065
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on the Vietnam War written by Cao Van Vien and published by . This book was released on 1989-04-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reflections on Vietnam

Author : R. G. Clarke
Publisher : Moshpit Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781922542014
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on Vietnam written by R. G. Clarke and published by Moshpit Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-27 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in Vietnam impacted more than just the lives of those who were there: it toppled governments, forced changes to national policy and forever altered lives.But what of those who were there? 'Reflections on Vietnam' lays bare the real-life experiences of some of those who were there, giving insight to the effect of those experiences on those who lived through it.

Perfume Dreams

Author : Andrew Lam
Publisher : Heyday
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Perfume Dreams written by Andrew Lam and published by Heyday. This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Along the Perfume River lives an old woman who has never left her village, who has raised children and grandchildren, never having seen the other side of the river. A nightclub owner from Vietnam travels the world, hobnobbing with international celebrities. A young man goes to college in America, only to return to Vietnam with made-up stories and forged photographs of himself with President Clinton. And another grows up both an American teenager and a Vietnamese general's son ... the author himself." "In this collection of essays, noted journalist Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identity and challenges definitions - both society's and his own - of what it means to be an immigrant, a son, and a survivor."--BOOK JACKET.

Vietnam & Beyond

Author : Jenny La Sala; Jim Markson
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490746196
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam & Beyond written by Jenny La Sala; Jim Markson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam and Beyond is a collection of wartime letters written home by Jim Markson from March 1967 to March 1968. Jim carried sadness and boxed-up memories from Vietnam. Perhaps, if it were not for the general divided and oppositional public opinion of the Vietnam War at that time, the soldiers returning home might have been able to open up and begin the healing process. Instead, those soldiers returning from Vietnam were afraid to tell their story. These fears bound each soldier to the other. We are very proud to embrace all veterans and include stories of veterans of all wars, including WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan to show the similarities of war and the soldier from one generation to another.

A Vietnam Experience

Author : James B. Stockdale
Publisher : Hoover Press
ISBN 13 : 0817981535
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book A Vietnam Experience written by James B. Stockdale and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decade that followed James Stockdale's seven and a half years in a North Vietnamese prison saw his life take a number of different turns, from a stay in a navy hospital in San Diego to president of a civilian college to his appointment as a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution. In this collection of essays he offers his thoughts on his imprisonment. Describing the horrors of his treatment as a prisoner of war, Stockdale tells how he discovered firsthand the capabilities and limitations of the human spirit in such a situation. As the senior officer in confinement he had what he humbly describes as "the easiest leadership job in the world: to maintain the organization, resistance, and spirit of ten of the finest men I have ever known." His reflections on his wartime prison experience and the reasons for his survival form the basis of the writings reprinted here. In subject matter ranging from methods of communication in prison to military ethics to the principles of leadership, the thirty-four selections contained in this volume are a unique record of what Stockdale calls a "melting experience"—a pressure-packed existence that forces one to grow. Retired Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, a Hoover Institution fellow from 1981 to 1996, was Ross Perot's 1992 presidential running mate and a recipient of the Medal of Honor after enduring seven and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. He died in 2005 at the age of 81.

Reflections of a Vietnamese War Bride

Author : Kim Norrell
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781432797249
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Reflections of a Vietnamese War Bride written by Kim Norrell and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnamese girl steals the heart of an American soldier...Kim was born in Saigon, Viet Nam. The second child of a family of 9 children. Her family was part of the very small educated middle class. Kim met and fell in love with an American sergeant. Their love story spans 2 continents, 4 decades, and brings together 2 very different cultures. Kim's father had already arranged a marriage for her so it was quite a "bomb shell" when the sergeant asked for her hand in marriage.

Vietnam War: Defining Moment for America - Remembrances and Reflections of an Army Intelligence Officer

Author : Joseph Dileonardo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478710707
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam War: Defining Moment for America - Remembrances and Reflections of an Army Intelligence Officer written by Joseph Dileonardo and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Army Captain, Joseph W. DiLeonardo takes us on a personal journey that spans a century. You are introduced to his family and follow their lives from Italy and the "dust bowl" of Kansas to Sunnyvale, California, where Joseph and his siblings were born and raised. You are presented with the "greatest generation" who won World War II and returned America to a land of peace and plenty. From this society came the "citizen soldier," who would fight, die, be wounded, and emotionally scarred by the first war America lost. There are comparisons between America when Joseph was young, and America as it evolved after the Viet Nam War. As a veteran, a lawyer, a father, and husband filled with remembrances, Joseph uses every opportunity to make comparisons and espouse strong opinions. The focal point of the book is the 13 months and 12 days, Joseph served in Viet Nam. The premise of the book is that the Viet Nam War was the defining moment for America. He now recalls in a detailed account of his service as the Order of Battle Section Chief for the Americal Division. He relates as a witness and participant. He reflects in the present, with his opinions and recommendations about the Viet Nam War, war in general and the direction of America. We follow a young officer as he moves from a new and naive leader to a driven aggressive intelligence chief. That change comes with his first intelligence assessment for the Summer Campaign in 1969. That campaign was one of the largest battles for the Americal Division and arguably the most important in affecting the outcome of the War. The young Captain saw the real tragedy of war: his assessment was disregarded and soldiers died. It changed him. We share a visit from the CIA station chief; the initial investigation into the My Lai Massacre; the planning stages to launch President Nixon's "secret plan to end the war"; the early studies to determine women's role in war; the first release of American POW's; the first use of "computers" for

Vietnam & Beyond

Author : Jenny La Sala, Jim Markson
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490746161
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam & Beyond written by Jenny La Sala, Jim Markson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam and Beyond is a collection of wartime letters written home by Jim Markson from March 1967 to March 1968. Jim carried sadness and boxed-up memories from Vietnam. Perhaps, if it were not for the general divided and oppositional public opinion of the Vietnam War at that time, the soldiers returning home might have been able to open up and begin the healing process. Instead, those soldiers returning from Vietnam were afraid to tell their story. These fears bound each soldier to the other. We are very proud to embrace all veterans and include stories of veterans of all wars, including WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan to show the similarities of war and the soldier from one generation to another.

Uphill Battle

Author : Frank Scotton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uphill Battle written by Frank Scotton and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frank Scotton, assigned to Viet Nam from 1962 to 1975, details counterinsurgency technique used and shares observations and conclusions about the challenges faced in the US's involvement in the Viet Nam War"--Provided by publisher.

Late Thoughts on an Old War

Author : Philip D. Beidler
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820330019
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Late Thoughts on an Old War written by Philip D. Beidler and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vietnam veteran and scholar draws on personal memories of his time in Vietnam, bringing the war back in chapters on vocabulary, music, literature, and film, and examining how the immediacy of Vietnam's costs is dealt with in an evasive way by America.