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Rice Roots - The Vietnam War: True Stories from the Diary of a U.S. Combat Advisor (Paperback): Robert R Amon Rice Roots - The Vietnam War: True Stories from the Diary of a U.S. Combat Advisor (Paperback)
Robert R Amon
R549 Discovery Miles 5 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Vietnam; Honor and Sacrifice (Paperback): Gerry B Feld Vietnam; Honor and Sacrifice (Paperback)
Gerry B Feld
R603 R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Gods of War - 1968 a year in the life of a Vietnam helicopter pilot (Paperback): Ben Speed The Gods of War - 1968 a year in the life of a Vietnam helicopter pilot (Paperback)
Ben Speed
R300 Discovery Miles 3 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Pack Six Blues - The Diary of an F-105 Thunderchief Pilot (Paperback): W.Howard Plunkett Pack Six Blues - The Diary of an F-105 Thunderchief Pilot (Paperback)
W.Howard Plunkett
R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
War Stories & Other Lies (Paperback): Jerry Key War Stories & Other Lies (Paperback)
Jerry Key
R815 R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Say We Won and Get Out - George D. Aiken and the Vietnam War (Paperback): Stephen C Terry Say We Won and Get Out - George D. Aiken and the Vietnam War (Paperback)
Stephen C Terry; Contributions by Louis D Augeri
R520 R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Life of Bruce Rutledge Peterson (Paperback): Bruce R Peterson The Life of Bruce Rutledge Peterson (Paperback)
Bruce R Peterson
R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Finding My Platoon Brothers - Vietnam Then and Now (Hardcover): Glyn Haynie Finding My Platoon Brothers - Vietnam Then and Now (Hardcover)
Glyn Haynie
R685 R619 Discovery Miles 6 190 Save R66 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Ravings and Savings of a Vietnam Veteran (Paperback): Claude R Hurst The Ravings and Savings of a Vietnam Veteran (Paperback)
Claude R Hurst
R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Other Side of Nam (Paperback): Ike Travis The Other Side of Nam (Paperback)
Ike Travis
R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Last One to Murder (Paperback): Eric Reese The Last One to Murder (Paperback)
Eric Reese
R368 Discovery Miles 3 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Vietnam Journal - Book 4 - M.I.A. (Paperback): Don Lomax Vietnam Journal - Book 4 - M.I.A. (Paperback)
Don Lomax; Illustrated by Don Lomax
R384 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
In persistent battle - U.S. Marines in Operation Harvest Moon, 8 December to 20 December 1965 (Paperback): Nicholas J Schlosser... In persistent battle - U.S. Marines in Operation Harvest Moon, 8 December to 20 December 1965 (Paperback)
Nicholas J Schlosser Phd, Marine Corps Universit History Division
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Hero Street, U.S.A. - The Story of Little Mexico's Fallen Soldiers (Paperback): Marc Wilson Hero Street, U.S.A. - The Story of Little Mexico's Fallen Soldiers (Paperback)
Marc Wilson
R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Claro Solis wanted to win a gold star for his mother. He succeeded - as did seven other sons of 'Little Mexico.'Second Street in Silvis, Illinois, was a poor neighborhood during the Great Depression that had become home to Mexicans fleeing revolution in their homeland. In 1971 it was officially renamed 'Hero Street' to commemorate its claim to the highest per-capita casualty rate from any neighborhood during World War II. Marc Wilson now tells the story of this community and the young men it sent to fight for their adopted country. Hero Street, U.S.A. is the first book to recount a saga too long overlooked in histories and television documentaries. Interweaving family memories, soldiers' letters, historical photographs, interviews with relatives, and firsthand combat accounts, Wilson tells the compelling stories of nearly eighty men from three dozen Second Street homes who volunteered to fight for their country in World War II and Korea - and of the eight, including Claro Solis, who never came back. As debate swirls around the place of Mexican immigrants in contemporary American society, this book shows the price of citizenship willingly paid by the sons of earlier refugees. With Hero Street, U.S.A., Marc Wilson not only makes an important contribution to military and social history but also acknowledges the efforts of the heroes of Second Street to realize the American dream.

Puller - Thicker Than Water: The Story of Two Marines (Paperback): Charles Hughes Puller - Thicker Than Water: The Story of Two Marines (Paperback)
Charles Hughes
R321 Discovery Miles 3 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
MiGs Over North Vietnam (Paperback): Roger Boniface MiGs Over North Vietnam (Paperback)
Roger Boniface
R363 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R28 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Walking Point (Paperback): Gary Perkins Walking Point (Paperback)
Gary Perkins
R343 R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Save R28 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Saigon to Pleiku - A Counterintelligence Agent in Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1962-1963 (Paperback): David Grant Noble Saigon to Pleiku - A Counterintelligence Agent in Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1962-1963 (Paperback)
David Grant Noble
R912 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R545 (60%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Initially stationed at the U.S. Army's counterintelligence headquarters in Saigon, David Noble was sent north to launch the army's first covert intelligence-gathering operation in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Living in the region of the Montagnards-Vietnam's indigenous tribal people, deemed critical to winning the war-Noble documented strategic hamlets and Green Beret training camps, where Special Forces teams taught the Montagnards to use rifles rather than crossbows and spears. In this book, he relates the formidable challenges he confronted in the course of his work. Weaving together memoir, excerpts from letters written home, and photographs, Noble's compelling narrative throws light on a little-known corner of the Vietnam War in its early years-before the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and the deployment of combat units-and traces his transformation from a novice intelligence agent and believer in the war to a political dissenter and active protester.

A Glorious Nightmare - In 64 Shades of Green (Paperback): Gamble Dick A Glorious Nightmare - In 64 Shades of Green (Paperback)
Gamble Dick
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Vietnam War in American Childhood (Hardcover): Joel P. Rhodes The Vietnam War in American Childhood (Hardcover)
Joel P. Rhodes; Series edited by James Marten
R2,926 Discovery Miles 29 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For American children raised exclusively in wartime-that is, a Cold War containing monolithic communism turned hot in the jungles of Southeast Asia-and the first to grow up with televised combat, Vietnam was predominately a mediated experience. Walter Cronkite was the voice of the conflict, and grim, nightly statistics the most recognizable feature. But as involvement grew, Vietnam affected numerous changes in child life, comparable to the childhood impact of previous conflicts-chiefly the Civil War and World War II-whose intensity and duration also dominated American culture. In this protracted struggle that took on the look of permanence from a child's perspective, adult lives were increasingly militarized, leaving few preadolescents totally insulated. Over the years 1965 to 1973, the vast majority of American children integrated at least some elements of the war into their own routines. Parents, in turn, shaped their children's perspectives on Vietnam, while the more politicized mothers and fathers exposed them to the bitter polarization the war engendered. The fighting only became truly real insomuch as service in Vietnam called away older community members or was driven home literally when families shared hardships surrounding separation from cousins, brothers, and fathers. In seeing the Vietnam War through the eyes of preadolescent Americans, Joel P. Rhodes suggests broader developmental implications from being socialized to the political and ethical ambiguity of Vietnam. Youth during World War II retained with clarity into adulthood many of the proscriptive patriotic messages about U.S. rightness, why we fight, heroism, or sacrifice. In contrast, Vietnam tended to breed childhood ambivalence, but not necessarily of the hawk and dove kind. This unique perspective on Vietnam continues to complicate adult notions of militarism and warfare, while generally lowering expectations of American leadership and the presidency.

US Air Cavalry Trooper vs North Vietnamese Soldier - Vietnam 1965-68 (Paperback): Chris McNab US Air Cavalry Trooper vs North Vietnamese Soldier - Vietnam 1965-68 (Paperback)
Chris McNab; Illustrated by Johnny Shumate
R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The tactics and technologies of modern air assault - vertical deployment of troops by helicopter or similar means - emerged properly during the 1950s in Korea and Algeria. Yet it was during the Vietnam War that helicopter air assault truly came of age and by 1965 the United States had established fully airmobile battalions, brigades, and divisions, including the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).This division brought to Vietnam a revolutionary new speed and dexterity in battlefield tactics, using massed helicopters to liberate its soldiers from traditional overland methods of combat manoeuvre. However, the communist troops adjusted their own thinking to handle airmobile assaults. Specializing in ambush, harassment, infiltration attacks, and small-scale attrition, the North Vietnamese operated with light logistics and a deep familiarity with the terrain. They optimized their defensive tactics to make landing zones as hostile as possible for assaulting US troops, and from 1966 worked to draw them into 'Hill Traps', extensive kill zones specially prepared for defence -in -depth. By the time the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) withdrew from Vietnam in 1972, it had suffered more casualties than any other US Army division. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs, and full-colour battle maps, this study charts the evolution of US airmobile tactics pitted against North Vietnamese countermeasures. The two sides are analysed in detail, including training, logistics, weaponry, and organization.

Vietnam Reflections (Paperback): Doug Steppe Vietnam Reflections (Paperback)
Doug Steppe
R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Dear Miss B (Paperback): Dominic Albanese Dear Miss B (Paperback)
Dominic Albanese
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Summer Help (Paperback): Brian W Paine Summer Help (Paperback)
Brian W Paine
R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Marine Memories - And All Branches of United States Service (Paperback): Kathryn I. Lipsch Marine Memories - And All Branches of United States Service (Paperback)
Kathryn I. Lipsch
R222 Discovery Miles 2 220 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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