Honoring Vietnam War medics, nurses, doctors, corpsmen, and dustoff pilots, the narrative interlaces personal interviews into a vivid tapestry of bravery and sacrifice. Firsthand accounts of life-saving heroism reveal the enduring legacy of those wh...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226846996)
Elisa Tamarkin has written a searing reflection on Americas abrupt defeat in the Vietnam War and the simultaneous demise of foreign reporting in the nations daily newspapers, many of them soon to close. Done in a Day turns on a singular event: the...Loe edasi...
An unconventional memoir of conjuring the uncertain past and a long-lost homeland, and a vital document of one family’s journey through world historyWith the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended, but the ref...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781668082409)
Combining the dark intrigue of a Cold War thriller and the propulsive writing of a novel, Kennedy’s Coup is a landmark work that will change your understanding of America’s involvement in one of the most controversial and consequential wars...Loe edasi...
“What an amazing opportunity! Standing Tall allows us to learn about leadership from a true American hero.” — Mike Krzyzewski, former Head Coach, Duke University and USA Olympic Gold Medal basketball teams. Finalist, 2022 Army Historical Foundation D...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN-13: 9780593537695)
Award-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood explores how the Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americans—fighting for freedom abroad while demanding equality at home—and a powerful lens through which to understand the racia...Loe edasi...
No Exit from Vietnam is a subversive, issue-driven memoir of the US-Vietnam war and its aftermath.In 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs discontinued a prescription for Vicodin that Bob Armstrong had been taking for a back injury he sustained in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Jan-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009637671)
Exploring the Australian Armys second-longest conflict from a new perspective, Supporting the Commitment is an engaging and valuable account of how the Armys logistical elements supported its combat operations in South Vietnam....Loe edasi...
Gripping account of serving as radarman on the USS Stoddard as the war in Vietnam erupted. Radarman John Calder’s memoir offers a firsthand account of USS Stoddards pivotal role in early Vietnam War naval operations.The first U.S. Navy ship...Loe edasi...
Sari: Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Nov-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009643269)
Illustrates that contrary to popular opinion, the Vietnam antiwar movement was not a subversive collection of political radicals and countercultural rebels, but a broad, mainstream, patriotic movement. This book is for students, scholars, and genera...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Nov-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: de Fryske Wrald, ISBN-13: 9783565078455)
Few nations on earth have endured as much and emerged as strong as Vietnam. From ancient kingdoms along the Red River to French colonialism, from the devastating wars of the 20th century to the economic miracle of todays Vietnam, this bo...Loe edasi...
The myth of Pax Americana is revealed in Vietnam vet George Ryan’s harrowing story, illustrated by Eve Gilbert. Plucked from his workaday youth as an Irish-American kid from Brooklyn, Ryan’s military deployment to Vietnam begins in 1966 with...Loe edasi...
Through the eyes of a Marine radioman, Sudden Death unveils the constant threat of death in Vietnam’s unforgiving jungles.His call sign said it all: Sudden Death. It didn’t take George Uhl long into his to...Loe edasi...
One Marine, one camera, and a front-row seat to history—Then All Hell Broke Loose is a gripping visual journey through the Vietnam War.The USNS Hugh J. Gaffey dropped anchor at 1430 hours on December 27, 1...Loe edasi...
Drawing upon Vietnamese, Chinese, former Soviet and American sources, Ang provides an updated and concise account of the Vietnam war (1954 to 1975) from the Vietnamese communists’ perspective. Drawing upon Vietnamese, Chinese...Loe edasi...
Behead and Cure explores the ethics of humanitarianism during the Vietnam War through the experiences of medical teams from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia. It brings civilian women, who played key roles in all aspects of carin...Loe edasi...
Informed by newly discovered diaries, letters, and interviews, this portrait traces McNamara’s career from faculty member at Harvard Business School and World War II service to leadership of the Ford Motor Company and the World Bank and his inability...Loe edasi...
Sari: Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009627078)
This book explores the impact of the Vietnam War on the American Catholic community, and the impact of the nations largest religious group upon its most controversial war. It will interest students, scholars, and general readers interested in the V...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9781621909743)
Knoxville native Charlie Tombras may be best known for founding nationally recognized advertising firm the Tombras Group, but in his moving memoir, From out of the Smokies: Stories of Fly Fishing and Life, he chronicles his personal journey, l...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9798895270936)
Fifty years on from the Vietnam War, it can be easy to overlook the civilian lives that were forever changed by this endlessly debated global conflict. In Land of Dreams: An Immigrants Journey from War-Torn Vietnam to America, author C. L. Hoang re...Loe edasi...
Jarosaw Dobrzyski, Janusz wiatlo, Marcelo Ribeiro, Mads Bangsø
Sari: White
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Mushroom Model Publications, ISBN-13: 9788365958440)
US Combat Aircraft Colours over Vietnam 1964 – 1975 covers all fixed – wing combat aircraft operated by US military during the Vietnam War 1964 – 1975. Volume 1 covers aircraft operated by US Air Force, Volume 2 – by US Navy and Marines. US C...Loe edasi...
TKThe Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World examines how the most unlikely of war correspondents, Malcolm W. Browne, became the only Western reporter t...Loe edasi...
An officer in the 82nd Airborne and 31st Infantry Regiment divisions, Michael Strand saw significant combat action as an infantry platoon leader in the Mekong Delta in 1968 and 1969. In straightforward, thoughtful writing, this memoir recalls S...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781634996129)
The isolated Aleutian Islands became stepping stones to the United States for the Japanese military during World War II. Their thrust was terminated by bitter battles in 1943, but in the late 1950s, another threat emerged—the Cold War. The is...Loe edasi...
During the Vietnam war, the US Air Force, Navy, Marines and the Army flew a variety of fixed wing aircraft against innumerable targets in Vietnam, occasionally engaging North Vietnamese Migs, but more often facing the threat of Surface to Air Missile...Loe edasi...
The watery, heavily vegetated marshlands of the Mekong Delta served as a formidable natural defense for Viet Cong units in the region, and the waterways served as the transportation corridor for Communist forces.. The Mobile Riverine Force formed the...Loe edasi...
Honoring Vietnam War medics, nurses, doctors, corpsmen, and dustoff pilots, the narrative interlaces personal interviews into a vivid tapestry of bravery and sacrifice. Firsthand accounts of life-saving heroism reveal the enduring legacy of those wh...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226846996)
Elisa Tamarkin has written a searing reflection on Americas abrupt defeat in the Vietnam War and the simultaneous demise of foreign reporting in the nations daily newspapers, many of them soon to close. Done in a Day turns on a singular event: the...Loe edasi...
An unconventional memoir of conjuring the uncertain past and a long-lost homeland, and a vital document of one family’s journey through world historyWith the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended, but the ref...Loe edasi...
Every generation has its wars. Three of them--World War II (in the 1940s), Korea (in the 1950s) and Vietnam (in the 1960s and 1970s)--are fading from memory. This chronicle recalls the wartime experiences of nine airmen and soldiers, all with r...Loe edasi...
