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Heavy Green - The Collision of Two Unlikely Missions in Americas Secret War (Paperback): Sam Lightner Jr Heavy Green - The Collision of Two Unlikely Missions in Americas Secret War (Paperback)
Sam Lightner Jr
R431 Discovery Miles 4 310 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Boy in a Slouch Hat (Paperback): Ted George Boy in a Slouch Hat (Paperback)
Ted George
R466 Discovery Miles 4 660 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For the conscripts of who experienced the Vietnam 'police action', the way the world was seen, shaped, and understood was irretrievably changed by war. In his gentle, humorous and moving memoir, Ted George gives voice to the experience that changed the course of his life - and the lives of so many men - forever.

The Marines in Vietnam, 1954-1973 - An Anthology and Annotated Bibliography (Paperback, Annotated edition): U. S. Marine Corps The Marines in Vietnam, 1954-1973 - An Anthology and Annotated Bibliography (Paperback, Annotated edition)
U. S. Marine Corps
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Marines in Vietnam, 1954 - 1973, an anthology and Annotated Bibliography, based on articles that appeared in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Naval Review, and Marine Corps Gazette, has served well for 14 years as an interim reference on the Vietnam War. In 1974, events in Vietnam and the appearance of additional significant articles in the three periodicals have made both the anthology and bibliography somewhat dated. This expanded edition extends the coverage of the anthology to 1975 and the entries in the bibliography to 1984.

U.S. Marines in Vietnam - Vietnamization and Redeployment 1970 - 1971 (Paperback): Terrence P Murray Usmc U.S. Marines in Vietnam - Vietnamization and Redeployment 1970 - 1971 (Paperback)
Terrence P Murray Usmc; Edited by Jack Shulimson, William R Melton Usmc
R1,043 Discovery Miles 10 430 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the eighth volume in a planned 10-volume operational and chronological series covering the Marine Corps' participation in the Vietnam War. A separate topical series will complement the operational histories. This particular volume details the gradual withdrawl in 1970-1971 of Marine combat forces from South Vietnam's northernmost corps area, I Corps, as part of an overall American strategy of turning the ground was against the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong over to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam.

U.S. Marines In Vietnam - The War That Would Not End, 1971 - 1973 (Paperback): Curtis G Arnold Usmc, Charles D Melson Usmc U.S. Marines In Vietnam - The War That Would Not End, 1971 - 1973 (Paperback)
Curtis G Arnold Usmc, Charles D Melson Usmc
R778 Discovery Miles 7 780 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the eighth volume of a projected nine-volume history of Marine Corps operations in the Vietnam War. A separate functional series complements the operational histories. This volume details the activities of Marine Corps units after the departure from Vietnam in 1971 of III Marine Amphibious Force, through to the 1973 ceasefire, and includes the return of Marine prisoners of war from North Vietnam. Written from diverse views and sources, the common thread in this narrative is the continued resistance of the South Vietnames Armed Forces, in particular the Vietnamese Marine Corps, to Communist aggression. This book is written from the perspective of the American Marines who assisted them in their efforts. Someday the former South Vietnamese Marines will be able to tell their own story.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - Remembrances of my Service in the Marines (Paperback): Tom Morton Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - Remembrances of my Service in the Marines (Paperback)
Tom Morton
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Contributions of the American Military Working Dog in Vietnam (Paperback): U S Military The Contributions of the American Military Working Dog in Vietnam (Paperback)
U S Military
R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Sharpening the Combat Edge - The Use of Analysis to Reinforce Military Judgement (Paperback): Department of Army Sharpening the Combat Edge - The Use of Analysis to Reinforce Military Judgement (Paperback)
Department of Army
R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
One Step at a Time - A Navy SEAL Vietnam Combat Veteran's Journey Home (Hardcover, Hard Cover Case Bound ed.): Greg Burham One Step at a Time - A Navy SEAL Vietnam Combat Veteran's Journey Home (Hardcover, Hard Cover Case Bound ed.)
Greg Burham
R1,287 Discovery Miles 12 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Helicopters in Vietnam - A New Approach in Discerning Why The United States Lost (Paperback): Timothy John Stubinger Helicopters in Vietnam - A New Approach in Discerning Why The United States Lost (Paperback)
Timothy John Stubinger
R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
My Confessions from Vietnam (Paperback): Mark S. Miller My Confessions from Vietnam (Paperback)
Mark S. Miller; As told to Brooke Miller Hall
R170 Discovery Miles 1 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Command and Control, 1950-1969 (Paperback): Major Gen George S Eckhardt Command and Control, 1950-1969 (Paperback)
Major Gen George S Eckhardt
R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Deepening Involvement, 1945-1965 (Paperback): Richard W. Stewart Deepening Involvement, 1945-1965 (Paperback)
Richard W. Stewart
R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Beauty That Remains - A Vietnamese Refugee's Journey to Freedom (Paperback): Quynh Dao The Beauty That Remains - A Vietnamese Refugee's Journey to Freedom (Paperback)
Quynh Dao
R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Final Collapse (Paperback): General Cao, Van Vien The Final Collapse (Paperback)
General Cao, Van Vien
R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Betrayed - On Warriors, Cowboys and Other Misfits (Paperback): Jimmy T. Labaume The Betrayed - On Warriors, Cowboys and Other Misfits (Paperback)
Jimmy T. Labaume
R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Sometimes people do the wrong things for the right reasons. The author admits that to be the "story of his life" and openly shares much of it in this book. Although the book is largely an historically based auto-biography, it is part fact and part fiction. In cases where identities needed to be protected, the "facts" necessary to that end are changed but without altering the accuracy of the description of the event or its historical significance. It is a personal story. It is a cowboy-warrior's story told in a cowboy-warrior's language. It is the story of one man's journey from bondage to freedom and from slavery to liberty. It is the gritty story of this man's life-long education in the school of hard knocks as his journey took him from a sharecropper's shack, through the rodeo arena and the boxing ring, across the football field and the drilling rig floor, into the Marines and two wars and ultimately culminating in the university laboratory and classroom (the most dangerous of all the aforementioned places). Although woven around the experiences and adventures of one man, it is also the story of the people who lived during the period of time in American history that an entire generation was betrayed It is the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place. It is the story of the betrayal of an entire generation of Americans and particularly the 40% (of the military aged males) of that generation that fought the Vietnam war. The story is told mostly in the form vignettes-short scenes of a particular moment or event. Some are significant. Many are trivial. Some are humorous. Others are heart breaking--even nightmarish. But when sequenced, they tell a story that has a theme. They chronicle an odyssey-an intellectual journey that begins with the author's self-contradictory and delusional rationalizations for some of the horrible things that he did in the name of "mother, God and country" and ends with the realization that they were, indeed, horrible. The conclusions are not mere "visions in the night." They are a result of a very difficult process of shaking a lifetime of authoritarian indoctrination. Some segments of the book will likely be interpreted as "whining" or "self-pity" and they probably are. But it is also a story of love, hate, happiness, sadness, anger, complacency, adventure, excitement, boredom, bravery, fear, duty, tyranny, incompetence, empire building, honor, cowardice, heroism and yes, betrayal. The book is the product of a lifetime of experience and reflection with a little research and a healthy portion of labored discipline added. It was written with the white heat of passion that occurs during the moment when the world comes into focus for the first time. It will bring your world into better focus.

When I Turned Nineteen - A Vietnam War Memoir (Paperback): Glyn Haynie When I Turned Nineteen - A Vietnam War Memoir (Paperback)
Glyn Haynie
R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Saigon Cowboy (Paperback): H. Palmer Wood Saigon Cowboy (Paperback)
H. Palmer Wood
R613 Discovery Miles 6 130 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
U.S. Marines In Vietnam - The Landing and the Building: 1965 (Paperback): Jack Shumlimson U.S. Marines In Vietnam - The Landing and the Building: 1965 (Paperback)
Jack Shumlimson
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the second volume in a series of a nine chronological histories being prepared by Marine Corps History about the U.S. marines operations in Vietnam.

Vietnam Reflection - The Untold Story of the Holley Boys (Paperback): Michael T Keene Vietnam Reflection - The Untold Story of the Holley Boys (Paperback)
Michael T Keene
R523 R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Chasing Understanding In The Jungles of Vietnam - My Year as a Black Scarf (Paperback): Douglas Beed Chasing Understanding In The Jungles of Vietnam - My Year as a Black Scarf (Paperback)
Douglas Beed
R471 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Tin Can Treason (Paperback): Terry Nardone Tin Can Treason (Paperback)
Terry Nardone
R301 R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Save R18 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
ACES and AERIAL VICTORIES - The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1965-1973 (Paperback): U.S. Air Force, Office of Air... ACES and AERIAL VICTORIES - The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1965-1973 (Paperback)
U.S. Air Force, Office of Air Force History
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Tales from a Mountain City - A Vietnam War memoir (Paperback): Quynh Dao Tales from a Mountain City - A Vietnam War memoir (Paperback)
Quynh Dao
R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Tet Offensive and Invasion of Cambodia - The History of the Vietnam War's Most Important Campaigns (Paperback):... The Tet Offensive and Invasion of Cambodia - The History of the Vietnam War's Most Important Campaigns (Paperback)
Charles River Editors
R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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