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Buddha's child Buddha's child Nguyen Cao Ky,Marvin Wolf,Cao Kỳ Nguyäên "The history of the Vietnam War has rarely been told from the Vietnamese perspective - and never by a leader of South Vietnam, a nation that ceased to exist in 1975. In Buddha's Child, Nguyen Cao Ky … OL12024078W
Anatomy of a War Anatomy of a War Gabriel Kolko I seek to present here a causal explanation of the Vietnam War and to probe its meaning for the modern historical experience. I will examine in considerable depth the Communist Party, the Republic of… OL1633831W
The Vietnam War The Vietnam War Gary Jeffrey,Nick Spender Presents 3 well-documented stories of the Vietnam War in graphic novel format, supported by factual text and historical photos. As the Soviet Union attempted to expand the influence of communism arou… OL20917398W
Going after Cacciato Going after Cacciato Tim O'Brien In a blend of reality and fantasy, this novel tells the story of a young soldier who one day lays down his rifle and sets off on a quixotic journey from the jungles of Indochina to the streets of Par… OL22435W
Les sentimentalistes Les sentimentalistes Johanna Skibsrud "Le roman porte sur la mémoire, le deuil, la difficulté d'accéder à la vérité et surtout sur la relation père-fille. La narratrice y trace le portrait de son père, Napoléon Haskell, un homme à la foi… OL24725210W
Backfire Backfire Loren Baritz Discusses what led us into Vietnam, how it has changed our culture today and how it may change our culture in the future. This is the only book to examine the myths of the American culture that led … OL2754114W
Smoky Joe's Cafe Smoky Joe's Cafe Bryce Courtenay Thommo and the surviving members of his platoon return from the Vietnam War to an Australia that regards them as mercenaries guilty of war crimes. Suffering from physical and mental problems, they ba… OL28167352W
Townsend's solitaire Townsend's solitaire Dan Guenther Vietnam veteran Sam Gatlin, working in law enforcement for the National Park Service in Yellowstone Park, comes to terms with his violent past. OL28167643W
Fragile delivery Fragile delivery Phillip R. Wise "Fragile Delivery: The Operation Babylift Crash is about the horrible C-5A Galaxy Crash as it was attempting to airlift orphans out of Vietnam on April 4,1975. It is the story of the life of survivin… OL28597900W
Bare feet, iron will Bare feet, iron will James G. Zumwalt Ever since the American Revolution, military service has been a proud tradition for the Zumwalt family. Tradition initially led the author to join his father and brother in the Navy, before later tra… OL28602544W
The millennial generation in Vietnam The millennial generation in Vietnam Ball State University "Five Vietnam veterans and ten millennial-aged students explore the former battlefields of Vietnam and the modern face of the country. Accompanied by three university instructors and three wives of t… OL28767270W
Vietnam Vietnam Stanley Karnow Ecrit en parallèle avec l'émission "Vietnam, a television history" dont l'auteur fut le correspondant principal. OL28955212W
America's Longest War America's Longest War George C. Herring The author portrays American participation in the Vietnam War as the logical culmination of the containment policy that began under Harry Truman in the late 1940's. Also his portrayal of the complex … OL2916071W
The Vietnam War The Vietnam War Jeremy Smith This book transports you back to a time when the United States become involved in a war in Vietnam, and lets you experience the drama for yourself. Learn about the road to war, and the men and women … OL29238740W
Vietnam Inc. Vietnam Inc. Philip Jones Griffiths *Vietnam Inc.* is a photographic book. It contains 266 black and white photographs most with captions, sympathetic to the civilian perspective of the South Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War. T… OL3373608W
Big Story Big Story Peter Braestrup One of the most bitter and enduring conflicts in recent American history is the fight between the news media and the military over access to U.S. combat operations in Grenada, Panama, and the Persian… OL3488339W
The "uncensored war" The "uncensored war" Daniel C. Hallin "The 'Uncensored war' provides a deeply detailed avvount of what Americans read and watched about Vietnam. Hallin draws on the complete body of the New York times coverage from 1961 to 1965, on hundr… OL3928137W
Born on the Fourth of July Born on the Fourth of July Ron Kovic This New York Times best seller (more than one million copies sold) details the author's life story (portrayed by Tom Cruise in the Oliver Stone film version)—from a patriotic soldier in Vietnam, to … OL5367577W
After the Flag Has Been Folded After the Flag Has Been Folded Karen Spears Zacharias Karen Spears was nine years old, living with her family in a trailer in rural Tennessee, when her father, David Spears, was killed in the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam. It was 1966 -- in a nation being … OL5733002W
A Station in the Delta A Station in the Delta John Cassidy Novel by a former CIA officer about the intelligence failure on the eve of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. OL6558266W
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