History - Military - Vietnam War
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If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of NeedA Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service in the Vietnam War--and ahead to America's future. Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took...
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Incredible Stories: And interesting tales, in the Air, on Land and at SeaThe authors of the seventy-seven stories in this book are thirty-two former military and now docents serving aboard the USS Hornet, Sea, Air & Space Museum, one of the most highly decorated carriers of WWII. Docents, a term that defines tour guides in a...
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Kennedy's Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent Into VietnamCombining 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 in our history. Based on...
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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in VietnamBased on classified documents and first-person interviews, a startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians The American Empire ProjectWinner of the Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial Distinction Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated...
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Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and VietnamInvariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl-a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and the current conflict in Iraq-considers the now-crucial question of how armies adapt to...
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Loon: A Marine Story"Kids like me didn't go to Vietnam," writes Jack McLean in his compulsively readable memoir. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, but decided to put college on hold. After graduation in the spring of 1966, faced with...
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Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed KillsThe explosive true story of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legendary Marine sniper in the Vietnam War. There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has only been one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines--on their...
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McNamara at War: A New HistoryRobert S. McNamara was widely considered to be one of the most brilliant men of his generation. He was an invaluable ally of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as U.S. secretary of defense, and he had a deeply moving relationship with...
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Mekong Mud Dogs: Story of: Sgt. Ed eatonAuthor: Ed EatonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 12/09/2014Pages: 280Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59dISBN: 9781505266986This title is not returnable
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Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of HomecomingIn this ambitious follow-up to Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay uses the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the pitfalls that trap many veterans on the road back to civilian life. Seamlessly combining important psychological work and brilliant literary interpretation...
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Of Their Own Accord: A Company of Army Rangers Changing Lives in Changing Times: A Company of Army RangersEXCERPT FROM FOREWORD: This book is by soldiers about a group of soldiers who in the difficult days following the end of the Vietnam War volunteered to be a part of an experiment to rebuild the Army and restore the high standards of discipline...
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Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 2: as told by more veterans who servedWant to know what Vietnam was really like? 60 Stories, 271 photographs, and 4.6 Stars on over 100 customer reviews.From a Marine sniper in Hue, to a medevac dust-off pilot going into a hot LZ, Navy Corpsmen, A-6 pilots taking out bridges and SAM...
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Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent"One of the most fascinating figures in Vietnam during the War was Pham Xuan An, a Time correspondent; and, unbeknownst to me and my colleagues who covered the conflict, a clandestine Vietcong agent. Larry Berman has unraveled the mystery of his strange double life...
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Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought ItThe aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his...
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Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of Mike 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967Swift Sword is a powerful true account of the Marines of Mike Company, who faced overwhelming odds in a brutal Vietnam War firefight. Based on 50 interviews with veterans and families, this award-winning book brings to life the courage, sacrifice, and brotherhood of those...
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The Giant Killer: American hero, mercenary, spy ... The incredible true story of the smallest man to serve in the U.S. Military-Green Beret Captain Ri"The shocking true story of America's smallest war hero, mercenary, and spy-whose life and death are shrouded in mystery-and his unwavering, eternal vow to the woman he loved."A tiny homeless man confesses his astonishing life story to his only friend-a Miami cop. Ten days...
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The Ground You Stand Upon: Life of a Skytrooper in Vietnam"In Vietnam today, you will hold only the ground you stand upon."Step into the depths of the deepest dark forest and see this war through my dad's eyes in this award-winning true story of his experience in Vietnam's deadly Central Highlands.Twenty-year-old Will Bowe is...
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966The New York Times bestseller about West Point's Class of 1966, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Rick Atkinson. "A story of epic proportions [and] an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction."--The Boston Globe A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the...
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The Phoenix Program"An important work." --John Prados, author of President's Secret Wars "This definitive account of the Phoenix program, the US attempt to destroy the Viet Cong through torture and summary execution, remains sobering reading for all those trying to understand the Vietnam War and the...
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The Sailing of the Intrepid: The Incredible Wartime Voyage of the Navy's Iconic Aircraft Carrier*A New York Post Best Book of the Week*From twenty-two-year naval and marine veteran Montel Williams comes a page-turning history of how one World War II aircraft carrier's crew defied all odds, redefining the very meaning of what it means to struggle, persevere and...
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