The Vietnam War Experience

Gerry Souter, Janet Souter (Autoren)

Media-Kombination

64 Seiten

2008
Carlton Books Ltd
978-1-84442-057-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Guides you through the suffering, sacrifice and heroism of the Vietnam War. This book is about the highs and lows of the world's first televised war through the eyes of those who fought in it, both the generals commanding the war and the ordinary soldiers on the ground and in the air.

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The Vietnam War Experience is a dramatic guide to the suffering, sacrifice and heroism of the Vietnam War. It sees the highs and lows of the world's first televised war through the eyes of those who fought in it, both the generals commanding the war and the ordinary soldiers on the ground and in the air. An important contribution to current books about Vietnam, it is made unique through the inclusion of images of rare memorabilia.

Autor

Gerry and Janet Souter specialize in writing books about US history. They have written 24 books, including The Founding of the US Experience for Carlton Books. D. M. Giangreco is an award-winning author of Eyewitness Vietnam (et al), War in Korea and Eyewitness D-Day (et al). He has written extensively for a number of national and international publications and is an editor for the US Army's professional journal.

Inhalt

Setting the Stage; French Soldier - Viet Minh Guerilla; Dien Bien Phu; US Involvement Begins; Army of the Republic of Vietnam; US Entanglement Increases; Gulf of Tonkin; Buffs, Thuds & Crusaders; Slicks into X-Ray; Brown Water Navy; "Border Battles"; The US Soldier; The NVA Soldier; Tet Offensive; Recapturing Hue; Siege of Khe Sanh; The Air War; Tunnel Rats; Ben Het; "Hamburger Hill"; Strike into Cambodia; "Vietnamization"; Cambodia and Laos; The Easter Offensive; The US Departs; NVA Drive into Vietnam; Saigon Falls; Aftermath.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2008
• Mitarbeit: General-Herausgeber: D. M. Giangreco
• Zusatzinfo: approx. 200 photographs, 9 maps
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 304 x 266 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-84442-057-4 / 1844420574
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84442-057-5 / 9781844420575
• Zustand: Neuware