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The League of Wives - The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home (Paperback):... The League of Wives - The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home (Paperback)
Heath Hardage Lee
R496 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
That Time, That Place, That War (Hardcover): Margaret Brown That Time, That Place, That War (Hardcover)
Margaret Brown
R920 Discovery Miles 9 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Filipinos in the U.S. Navy & Coast Guard During the Vietnam War (Hardcover): Ray L Burdeos Filipinos in the U.S. Navy & Coast Guard During the Vietnam War (Hardcover)
Ray L Burdeos
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
LZ Sitting Duck - The Fight for FSB Argonne (Hardcover): John Arsenault Ltcol Usmc (Ret), Thomas Gourneau Uscg LZ Sitting Duck - The Fight for FSB Argonne (Hardcover)
John Arsenault Ltcol Usmc (Ret), Thomas Gourneau Uscg
R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Johnson's War/Johnson's Great Society - The Guns and Butter Trap (Hardcover, New): Jeffrey W. Helsing Johnson's War/Johnson's Great Society - The Guns and Butter Trap (Hardcover, New)
Jeffrey W. Helsing
R2,791 Discovery Miles 27 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Helsing provides a unique perspective on the escalation of the Vietnam War. He examines what many analysts and former policymakers in the Johnson administration have acknowledged as a crucial factor in the way the United States escalated in Vietnam: Johnson's desire for both guns and butter--his belief that he must stem the advance of communism in Southeast Asia while pursuing a Great Society at home.

He argues that the United States government, the president, and his key advisers in particular engaged in a major pattern of deception in how the United States committed its military force in Vietnam. He then argues that a significant sector of the government was deceived as well. The first half of the book traces and analyzes the pattern of deception from 1964 through July 1965. The second half shows how the military and political decisions to escalate influenced--and were influenced by--the economic advice and policies being given the President. This in-depth analysis will be of particular concern to scholars, students, and researchers involved with U.S. foreign and military policy, the Vietnam War, and Presidential war powers.

The First Mistake - America In Vietnam, 1945-1954 (Hardcover): J. Edward Lee The First Mistake - America In Vietnam, 1945-1954 (Hardcover)
J. Edward Lee
R648 Discovery Miles 6 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Vietnam War - An Encyclopedia of Quotations (Hardcover): Howard J. Langer The Vietnam War - An Encyclopedia of Quotations (Hardcover)
Howard J. Langer
R2,922 Discovery Miles 29 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Vietnam War: An Encyclopedia of Quotations presents the story of this seminal conflict as told through the words of the famous, infamous, and anonymous. All sides of the controversy are presented in chronological resource that starts with a look at Vietnamese history, then traces the events preceding France's war, continues through America's entry into the conflict, and concludes with the war's aftermath. This is the story of the Vietnam War told through quotations in chronological sequence. Starting with the beginnings of Vietnamese history, it traces the events preceding the French war, continues through the American war, and ends with its aftermath. All sides of the controversy are represented. Here are the voices of warriors, presidents, generals, government leaders, civilians, aid workers, pilots, infantrymen, nurses, historians, war correspondents, sociologists, POWs, peasants, draft dodgers, guerillas, and war resisters. They speak from government capitals, hooches, hospital wards, jungle trails, landing zones, aircraft carriers, draft boards, Buddhist temples, and prison cells. They talk of firefights, ambushes in the jungle, bombing raids, coups, assassinations, suicides, demonstrations, atrocities, and teach-ins. Here are Ho Chi Minh, Lyndon Johnson, Giap, Westmoreland, Kennedy, De Gaulle, Eisenhower, Nixon, McNamara, Kissinger, and many people you have never heard of. Meet Hanoi Hannah, who broadcast propaganda from the North Vietnamese capital; John McCain tells you what it was like to be shot down over enemy territory and taken prisoner; John Kerry tells a U.S. Senate committee why he opposes the Vietnam War. You will learn about My Lai, Agent Orange, Kent State, the Pentagon Papers, and the plan to free American POWs that went awry. Features include a chronology, biographical sketches, Medal of Honor winners, bibliography, nineteen photos, and an index.

Social Memory and War Narratives - Transmitted Trauma among Children of Vietnam War Veterans (Hardcover): C. Weber Social Memory and War Narratives - Transmitted Trauma among Children of Vietnam War Veterans (Hardcover)
C. Weber
R2,171 R1,930 Discovery Miles 19 300 Save R241 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Vietnam War has had many long-reaching, traumatic effects, not just on the veterans of the war, but on their children as well. In this book, Weber examines the concept of the war as a social monad, a confusing array of personal stories and public histories that disrupt traditional ways of knowing the social world for the second generation.

The Mayaguez Incident Omnibus (Hardcover): W. Frederick Zimmerman The Mayaguez Incident Omnibus (Hardcover)
W. Frederick Zimmerman
R1,176 Discovery Miles 11 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

SOS and then stopped the ship. Seven Khmer Rouge soldiers boarded the Mayaguez and their leader, Battalion Commander Sa Mean, pointed at a map indicating that the ship should proceed to the east of Poulo Wai. One of the crew members broadcast a Mayday which was picked up by an Australian vessel. The Mayaguez arrived off Poulo Wai at approximately 4pm and a further 20 Khmer Rouge boarded the vessel. At 12:05 EST (21:05 Cambodia), a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) was convened to discuss the situation. The members of the NSC were determined to end the crisis decisively, believing that the fall of South Vietnam less than two weeks before and the forced withdrawal of the United States from Cambodia, (Operation Eagle Pull) and South Vietnam (Operation Frequent Wind) had severely damaged the U.S.'s reputation. They also wished to avoid comparisons to the Pueblo incident of 1968, where the failure to promptly use military force to halt the hijacking of a US intelligence ship by North Korea led to an eleven-month hostage situation.

With The Dragon's Children (Hardcover): David J Garms With The Dragon's Children (Hardcover)
David J Garms
R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Military History Volume 2 - The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2010 (Hardcover): Richard W. Stewart American Military History Volume 2 - The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2010 (Hardcover)
Richard W. Stewart
R2,362 Discovery Miles 23 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War - The End of the American Century (Paperback): David F. Schmitz Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War - The End of the American Century (Paperback)
David F. Schmitz
R907 Discovery Miles 9 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War, accomplished foreign relations historian David F. Shmitz provides students of US history and the Vietnam era with an up-to-date analysis of Nixon's Vietnam policy in a brief and accessible book that addresses the main controversies of the Nixon years. President Richard Nixon's first presidential term oversaw the definitive crucible of the Vietnam War. Nixon came into office seeking the kind of decisive victory that had eluded President Johnson, and went about expanding the war, overtly and covertly, in order to uphold a policy of "containment," protect America's credibility, and defy the left's antiwar movement at home. Tactically, politically, Nixon's moves made sense. However, by 1971 the president was forced to significantly de-escalate the American presence and seek a negotiated end to the war, which is now accepted as an American defeat, and a resounding failure of American foreign relations. Schmitz addresses the main controversies of Nixon's Vietnam strategy, and in so doing manages to trace back the ways in which this most calculating and perceptive politician wound up resigning from office a fraud and failure. Finally, the book seeks to place the impact of Nixon's policies and decisions in the larger context of post-World War II American society, and analyzes the full costs of the Vietnam War that the nation feels to this day.

Accidental Soldier - A Reserve Officer at West Point in the Vietnam Era (Paperback): Richard B Schwartz Accidental Soldier - A Reserve Officer at West Point in the Vietnam Era (Paperback)
Richard B Schwartz
R1,230 Discovery Miles 12 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Accidental Soldier depicts Richard B. Schwartz's military experiences, first as an ROTC cadet at the University of Notre Dame and finally as an Army veteran teaching in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1959, Vietnam was little more than a word on a map; within ten years, Americans saw the Tet Offensive and their campuses in flames. Schwartz was at the ground zeroes of that time, teaching at the United States Military Academy from 1967-69 and then going to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, just after the Dow riots and before the bombing of Sterling Hall. The central portion of the book focuses upon Schwartz's experience at West Point, its cadets, officer corps and system of education. A sequel to his award-winning memoir, The Biggest City in America, Accidental Soldier reflects upon his military and academic experience through the perspective of an over forty-year teaching career, twenty-nine of which were spent as a dean at Wisconsin, Georgetown and the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Saigon Cowboy (Hardcover): H. Palmer Wood Saigon Cowboy (Hardcover)
H. Palmer Wood
R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tiger Bravo's War - An epic year with an elite airborne rifle company in the 101st Airborne Division's Wandering... Tiger Bravo's War - An epic year with an elite airborne rifle company in the 101st Airborne Division's Wandering Warriors, at the height of the Vietnam War. (Hardcover)
Rick St John
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Debating Vietnam - Fulbright, Stennis, and Their Senate Hearings (Paperback, New): Joseph A. Fry Debating Vietnam - Fulbright, Stennis, and Their Senate Hearings (Paperback, New)
Joseph A. Fry
R911 Discovery Miles 9 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the midst of the Vietnam War, two titans of the Senate, J. William Fulbright and John C. Stennis, held public hearings to debate the conflict's future. In this intriguing new work, historian Joseph A. Fry provides the first comparative analysis of these inquiries and the senior southern Senators who led them. The Senators' shared aim was to alter the Johnson administration's strategy and bring an end to the war-but from dramatically different perspectives. Fulbright hoped to pressure Johnson to halt escalation and seek a negotiated settlement, while Stennis wanted to prompt the President to bomb North Vietnam more aggressively and secure a victorious end to the war. Publicized and televised, these hearings added fuel to the fire of national debate over Vietnam policy and captured the many arguments of both hawks and doves. Fry details the dramatic confrontations between the Senate committees and the administration spokesmen, Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara, and he probes the success of congressional efforts to influence Vietnam policy. Ultimately, Fry shows how the Fulbright and Stennis hearings provide vivid insight into the debate over why the United States was involved in Vietnam and how the war should be conducted.

Debating Vietnam - Fulbright, Stennis, and Their Senate Hearings (Hardcover): Joseph A. Fry Debating Vietnam - Fulbright, Stennis, and Their Senate Hearings (Hardcover)
Joseph A. Fry
R2,773 Discovery Miles 27 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the midst of the Vietnam War, two titans of the Senate, J. William Fulbright and John C. Stennis, held public hearings to debate the conflict's future. In this intriguing new work, historian Joseph A. Fry provides the first comparative analysis of these inquiries and the senior southern Senators who led them. The Senators' shared aim was to alter the Johnson administration's strategy and bring an end to the war-but from dramatically different perspectives. Fulbright hoped to pressure Johnson to halt escalation and seek a negotiated settlement, while Stennis wanted to prompt the President to bomb North Vietnam more aggressively and secure a victorious end to the war. Publicized and televised, these hearings added fuel to the fire of national debate over Vietnam policy and captured the many arguments of both hawks and doves. Fry details the dramatic confrontations between the Senate committees and the administration spokesmen, Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara, and he probes the success of congressional efforts to influence Vietnam policy. Ultimately, Fry shows how the Fulbright and Stennis hearings provide vivid insight into the debate over why the United States was involved in Vietnam and how the war should be conducted.

Back To Vietnam Before and After (Hardcover): Robert Wall Back To Vietnam Before and After (Hardcover)
Robert Wall
R833 Discovery Miles 8 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The African American Experience in Vietnam - Brothers in Arms (Paperback): James E. Westheider The African American Experience in Vietnam - Brothers in Arms (Paperback)
James E. Westheider; Series edited by Jacqueline M. Moore, Nina Mjagkij
R911 Discovery Miles 9 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book James E. Westheider explores the social and professional paradoxes facing African-American soldiers in Vietnam. Service in the military started as a demonstration of the merits of integration as blacks competed with whites on a near equal basis for the first time. Military service, especially service in Vietnam, helped shape modern black culture and fostered a sense of black solidarity in the Armed Forces. But as the war progressed, racial violence became a major problem for the Armed Forces as they failed to keep pace with the sweeping changes in civilian society. Despite the boasts of the Department of Defense, personal and institutional racism remained endemic to the system. Westheider tells this story expertly and accessibly by providing the history and background of African American participation in the U.S. Armed Forces then following all the way through to the experience of African Americans returning home from the Vietnam war.

A Sphinx - The Memories of a Reluctant Spy in Vietnam (Hardcover): John G. Burdick A Sphinx - The Memories of a Reluctant Spy in Vietnam (Hardcover)
John G. Burdick
R794 Discovery Miles 7 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When John Burdick received his orders to ship to Vietnam in 1967, he was certain his life was over. His goal was to return to the United States alive and on his feet no matter what it took. He had been recruited by the military to become an intelligence agent, and for a college graduate student from California, it sounded intriguing. But serving in Vietnam would require all of his skills to stay alive. Dressed as a civilian and with little formal training, Burdick learned quickly and executed missions effectively. He fulfilled several purposes in Vietnam-from infiltrating the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army command infrastructure to searching for American prisoners of war. The war hit hard. The deaths of all the young men haunted him. He could trust no one, including the military establishment who tried to squash each success the intelligence personnel achieved. In A Sphinx, author John Burdick recounts a powerful and emotional narrative following his duty in the Vietnam War in the 1960s. It uncovers behind-the-scenes footage of a military intelligence agent and his quest to help more American soldiers come home alive.

The A to Z of the Vietnam War (Paperback, Revised): Edwin E. Moise The A to Z of the Vietnam War (Paperback, Revised)
Edwin E. Moise
R1,252 Discovery Miles 12 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Vietnam War is anything but a forgotten war. Even today, the strategies that led to an unexpected American defeat are hotly debated, and much remains controversial and unclear, which is not surprising given the nature of the combat in which the Vietnamese guerrilla warfare eventually won out over high-tech weaponry. The task of clarifying the issues without oversimplifying this complex war that impacted the world is undertaken by The A to Z of the Vietnam War: first in its chronology, then in its introduction, but mainly in a substantial dictionary section including hundreds of entries on significant persons (military and political), places, events, armed units, battles and lesser engagements, and weapons. And for those seeking further information, an extensive bibliography is included.

Vietnamese Communism - A Research Bibliography (Hardcover): Chau Phan Vietnamese Communism - A Research Bibliography (Hardcover)
Chau Phan
R2,487 Discovery Miles 24 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Other Vietnam War...Again - An Anthology (Hardcover): Marc Cullison The Other Vietnam War...Again - An Anthology (Hardcover)
Marc Cullison
R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Human Tradition in the Vietnam Era (Paperback): David L Anderson The Human Tradition in the Vietnam Era (Paperback)
David L Anderson
R1,078 Discovery Miles 10 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Vietnam War was an immense national tragedy that played itself out in the individual experiences of millions of Americans. The conflict tested and tormented the country collectively and individually in ways few historical events have. The Human Tradition in the Vietnam Era provides window into some of those personal journeys through that troubled time. The poor and the powerful, male and female, hawk and dove, civilian and military, are all here. This rich collection of original biographical essays provides contemporary readers with a sense of what it was like to be an American in the 1960s and early 1970s, while also helping them gain an understanding of some of the broader issues of the era. The diverse biographies included in this book put a human face on the tensions and travails of the Vietnam Era. Students will gain a better understanding of how individuals looked at and lived through this contro-versial conflict in American history.

Pop a Smoke - Memoir of a Marine Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam (Paperback): Rick Gehweiler Pop a Smoke - Memoir of a Marine Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam (Paperback)
Rick Gehweiler
R520 Discovery Miles 5 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like U.S. Marine Lieutenant Rick Gehweiler, the good news was it could still take significant damage and keep flying. His vivid memoir narrates his harrowing, at times deadly flight missions under fire, as experienced in the cockpit, along with anecdotes of tragedy and humor from his 13-month tour through Da Nang and Phu Bai.

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