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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The secret war against Hanoi The secret war against Hanoi Richard H. Shultz "Based on thousands of pages of recently declassified top-secret SOG [Special Operations Group] documents, as well as interviews with sixty officers who ran SOG's covert programs and the senior offic… OL15828151W
Fire in the lake Fire in the lake Frances FitzGerald Sensitively examines the American intervention in Vietnam against its Vietnamese historical setting. OL15842796W
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 Rise and Fall of an American Army The Rise and Fall of an American Army Shelby L. Stanton A battlefield history of ground forces in the Vietnam War. OL2046546W
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
Tim Page's Nam Tim Page's Nam Tim Page Contains action photographs from the Vietnamese conflict, with terse text by the photographer, Tim Page. OL3178422W
No more Vietnams No more Vietnams Nixon, Richard M. "In writing No More Vietnams, Richard Nixon-with the unique perspective of the man who served us America's commander-in-chief during the war's most difficult stage-has set out to dispel the myths of … OL3469130W
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
Patriots Patriots Christian G. Appy Christian G. Appy's monumental oral history of the Vietnam War is the first work to probe the war?s path through both the United States and Vietnam. These vivid testimonies of 135 men and women span … OL4291011W
Những năm tháng không thẻ̂ nào quên Những năm tháng không thẻ̂ nào quên Võ, Nguyên Giáp,Nguyên Giáp Võ Author's personal narrative on the political carreer of Hồ Chí Minh, 1890-1969; former President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. OL43641W
A contagion of war A contagion of war Terrence Maitland Photographs, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam. OL5613731W
Inside television's first war Inside television's first war Ron Steinman "Inside Television's First War recounts Ron Steinman's tenure as head of the NBC news bureau in Saigon from April 1966 until July 1968. This was a time during the Vietnam conflict that included the m… OL5963353W