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Author: LYDIA. LAUBE
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Published: 2015
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ISBN-13: 9781458776372
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Published: 2015
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ISBN-13: 9781458776372
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ezell Ware
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780451215987
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A unique memoir of heroism, race, and humanity, By Duty Bound captures a crucial chapter in American history through the eyes of its most remarkable witnesses. of photos.
Author: Stuart I. Rochester
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781591147381
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this landmark study, two respected scholars provide a comprehensive, balanced, and authoritative account of what happened to the nearly eight hundred Americans captured during the Vietnam War. The authors were granted unprecedented access to previously unreleased materials and interviewed more than a hundred former POWs to meticulously reconstruct their captivity record and produce a compelling narrative of this sketchy chapter of the war. First published in 1999, some twenty-five years after the prisoners were released from Hanoi, the book remains a powerful and moving portrait of how men cope with physical and psychological ordeals under horrific conditions. Its analysis of the shifting tactics and temperaments of both captive and captor as the war evolved, skillfully weaves domestic political developments and battlefield action with prison scenes that alternate between Hanoi's concrete cells, South Vietnam's jungle stockades, and mountain camps in Laos. Details are included of dozens of cases of individual acts of bravery and resistance from such heroes as James Stockdale, Jeremiah Denton, Bud Day, and Medal of Honor recipient Donald Cook. Along with epic stories of endurance under torture, breathtaking escape attempts, and ingenious prisoner communication efforts, Honor Bound reveals Code of Conduct lapses and instances of collaboration with the enemy. This important work serves as a testament to the courage and will of Americans in captivity and as a reminder of the sometimes impossible demands made on U.S. POWs.
Author: Tom Norris
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2016-05-17
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1466880732
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In April of 1972, SEAL Lieutenant Tom Norris risked his life in an unprecedented ground rescue of two American airmen who were shot down behind enemy lines in North Vietnam, a feat for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor--an award that represents the pinnacle of heroism and courage. Just six months later, Norris was sent on a dangerous special reconnaissance mission that would take his team deep into enemy territory. On that mission, they engaged a vastly superior force. In the running gun battle that ensued, Lieutenant Norris was severely wounded; a bullet entered his left eye and exited the left side of his head. SEAL Petty Officer Mike Thornton, under heavy fire, fought his way back onto a North Vietnamese beach to rescue his officer. This was the first time Tom and Mike had been on a combat mission together. Mike's act of courage and loyalty marks the only time in modern history that the Medal of Honor has been awarded in a combat action where one recipient received the Medal for saving the life of another. By Honor Bound is the story of Tom Norris and Mike Thornton, two living American heroes who grew up very differently, entered military service and the Navy SEAL teams for vastly different reasons, and were thrown together for a single combat mission--a mission that would define their lives from that day forward.
Author: William L. Hosch Associate Editor, Science and Technology
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2009-12-20
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1615300112
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents an overview of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, including the causes, battles and alliances, political and diplomatic consequences, and major figures involved.
Author: Douglass H. Hubbard
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Spies, murder, and mayhem in Vietnam
Author: John Prados
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 704
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first major synthesis of the war since 2001, drawing upon a host of newly declassified documents, presidential tapes, and overlooked foreign sources to give the most comprehensive look to date of the war that still haunts America.
Author: Truong Buu Lâm
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781432750206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As a specialist of Southeast Asian History, I am often asked to introduce a book that would relate the history of Vietnam, from its beginnings to the present. As often, I am embarrassed to answer that there is no such book written in English. In effect, although we have many publications that deal competently with particular periods or systematically with different topics of its past, a comprehensive history of Vietnam is still lacking. That is the reason I am happy and humbled to introduce here A Story of Vietnam. A Story of Vietnam treats evenly all the periods and also gives equal importance to the culture and the arts as to the political or military events of Vietnam's past. I call it a story and not a history, because I do not want my book to be the usual conventional textbook, overburdened with interminable academic, historical and bibliographic references. While not a conventional textbook, A Story of Vietnam can, nonetheless, provide a substantial reading material to students interested in Asia. To the hyphenated Vietnamese, it can serve as a convenient reference tool to the historical allusions, cultural insinuations, mythical hints, literary suggestions, ethnic idiosyncrasies they encounter every day at home. This book may also be sought after by the people who know so much already about Vietnam as a War but who still would like to know more about Vietnam as a culture. I have narrated my story with the greatest impartiality I am capable of. I have no theory that needs to be proven nor do I have any assumption to be verified. But I do come to history with emotion, even with passion. Sometimes, my sympathies surged to the surface or my distastes became apparent, though at no time, have I consciously distorted the facts or altered the documents in order to validate my feelings. The ten chapters of this book are naturally of unequal length. They adhere strictly to the chronological order, meaning that Chapter One deals, among others, with the legendary origins of the Vietnamese people and the last chapter, Chapter Ten, recounts the social traumas, the economic hardships, and the political isolation the country experienced after reunification in 1975 to the remarkable recovery effected since 1986 and culminating in October of 2007 when Vietnam was elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations. Truong Buu Lam is a retired professor of History from the University of Hawaii.
Author: Sandra C. Taylor
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For as long as the Vietnamese people fought against foreign enemies, women were a vital part of that struggle. The victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu is said to have involved hundreds of thousands of women, and many of the names in Viet Cong unit rosters were female. These women were living out the ancient saying of their country, When war comes, even women have to fight.
Author: Derek Miller
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-12-15
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 150263483X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Vietnam War gave rise to a brand new kind of journalism: photojournalism. Iconic photographs such as Napalm Girl not only changed journalism forever but also changed the minds of many Americans about their country's involvement in the war. This book contextualizes the war and demonstrates how modes of reporting can change the course of history.