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Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War

Welcome Home - The Lucky Ones (Paperback): Ken Byerly, John Laughlin, Mike Moran Welcome Home - The Lucky Ones (Paperback)
Ken Byerly, John Laughlin, Mike Moran
R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Triumph Forsaken - The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 (Paperback): Mark Moyar Triumph Forsaken - The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 (Paperback)
Mark Moyar
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken, first published in 2007, overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an infusion the only means of saving the country.

Reporting Vietnam - Media and Military at War (Paperback, New edition): William M. Hammond Reporting Vietnam - Media and Military at War (Paperback, New edition)
William M. Hammond
R988 R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Save R59 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For many Americans during the Vietnam era, the war on the home front seemed nearly as wrenching and hardfought as the one in Southeast Asia. Its primary battlefield was the news media, its primary casualty the truth. But as William Hammond reveals, animosity between government and media wasn't always the rule; what happened between the two during the Vietnam War was symptomatic of the nation's experiences in general. As the "light at the end of the tunnel" dimmed, relations between them grew ever darker.

"Reporting Vietnam" is an abridgment and updating of Hammond's massive two-volume work issued by the Government Printing Office. Based on classified and recently declassified government documents--including Nixon's national security files--as well as on extensive interviews and surveys of press war coverage, it tells how government and media first shared a common vision of American involvement in Vietnam. It then reveals how, as the war dragged on, upbeat government press releases were consistently challenged by journalists' reports from the field and finally how, as public sentiment shifted against the war, Presidents Johnson and Nixon each tried to manage the news media, sparking a heated exchange of recriminations.

Hammond strongly challenges the assertions of many military leaders that the media lost the war by swaying public opinion. He takes readers through the twists and turns of official public affairs policy as it tries to respond to a worsening domestic political environment and recurring adverse "media episodes." Along the way, he makes important observations about the penchant of American officials for placing appearance ahead of substance and about policy making in general.

Although Richard Nixon once said of the Vietnam war, "Our worst enemy seems to be the press," Hammond clearly shows that his real enemies were the contradictions and flawed assumptions that he and LBJ had created. Reporting Vietnam brings a critical study to a wider audience and is both a major contribution to an ongoing debate and a cautionary guide for future conflicts.


Tales from the Sak-Sak (Paperback): Max Quanchi Tales from the Sak-Sak (Paperback)
Max Quanchi
R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Vietnam War and International Law, Volume 4 - The Concluding Phase (Paperback): Richard A. Falk The Vietnam War and International Law, Volume 4 - The Concluding Phase (Paperback)
Richard A. Falk
R5,243 Discovery Miles 52 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This concluding volume of The Vietnam War and International Law focuses on the last stages of America's combat role in Indochina. The articles in the first section deal with general aspects of the relationship of international law to the Indochina War. Sections II and III are concerned with the adequacy of the laws of war under modern conditions of combat, and with related questions of individual responsibility for the violation of such laws. Section IV deals with some of the procedural issues related to the negotiated settlement of the war. The materials in Section V seek to reappraise the relationship between the constitutional structure of the United States and the way in which the war was conducted, while the final section presents the major documents pertaining to the end of American combat involvement in Indochina. A supplement takes account of the surrender of South Vietnam in spring 1975. Contributors to the volume--lawyers, scholars, and government officials--include Dean Rusk, Eugene V. Rostow, Richard A. Falk, John Norton Moore, and Richard Wasserstrom. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Vietnam War and International Law, Volume 3 - The Widening Context (Paperback): Richard A. Falk The Vietnam War and International Law, Volume 3 - The Widening Context (Paperback)
Richard A. Falk
R4,991 Discovery Miles 49 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Issues of the war that have provoked public controversy and legal debate over the last two years--the Cambodian invasion of May-June 1970, the disclosure in November 1969 of the My Lai massacre, and the question of war crimes--are the focus of Volume 3. As in the previous volumes, the Civil War Panel of the American Society of International Law has endeavored to select the most significant legal writing on the subject and to provide, to the extent possible, a balanced presentation of opposing points of view. Parts I and II deal directly with the Cambodian, My Lai, and war crimes debates. Related questions are treated in the rest of the volume: constitutional debate on the war; the distribution of functions among coordinate branches of the government; the legal status of the insurgent regime in the struggle for control of South Vietnam; prospects for settlement without a clear-cut victory; and Vietnam's role in general world order. The articles reflect the views of some forty contributors: among them, Jean Lacouture, Henry Kissinger, John Norton Moore, Quincy Wright, William H. Rhenquist, and Richard A. Falk. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

MiGs Over North Vietnam (Paperback): Roger Boniface MiGs Over North Vietnam (Paperback)
Roger Boniface
R386 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Ho Chi Minh - A Biography (Hardcover): Pierre Brocheux Ho Chi Minh - A Biography (Hardcover)
Pierre Brocheux; Translated by Claire Duiker
R1,645 Discovery Miles 16 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ho Chi Minh is one of the towering figures of the twentieth century, considered an icon and father of the nation by many Vietnamese. Pierre Brocheux's biography of Ho Chi Minh is a brilliant feat of historical engineering. In a concise and highly readable account, he negotiates the many twists and turns of Ho Chi Minh's life and his multiple identities, from impoverished beginnings as a communist revolutionary to his founding of the Indochina Communist Party and the League for the Independence of Vietnam and ultimately to his leadership of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and his death in 1969. Biographical events are adroitly placed within the broader historical canvas of colonization, decolonization, communism war, and nation building. Brocheux's vivid and convincing portrait of Ho Chi Minh goes further than any previous biography in explaining both the myth and the man, as well as the times in which he was situated.

Bloody Sixteen - The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 During the Vietnam War (Hardcover): Peter Fey Bloody Sixteen - The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 During the Vietnam War (Hardcover)
Peter Fey
R1,004 Discovery Miles 10 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Failed strategy and reality collide in Peter Fey's descriptive narration of air craft carrier USS Oriskany's three deployments to Vietnam with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16). Its tours coincided with the most dangerous phases of Operation Rolling Thunder, the ill-fated bombing campaign against North Vietnam, and accounted for a quarter of all the naval aircraft lost during Rolling Thunder-the highest loss rate of any carrier air wing during Vietnam. The Johnson Administration's policy of gradually applied force meant that Oriskany arrived on station just as previous restrictions were lifted and bombing raids increased. As a result, CVW-16 pilots paid a heavy price as they ventured into areas previously designated "off limits" by Washington DC. Named after one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War, the Oriskany lived up to its name. After two years of suffering heavy losses, the ship caught fire-a devastating blow due to the limited number of carriers deployed. With only three months allotted for repairs, Oriskany deployed a third and final time, losing more than half of its aircrafts and more than a third of its pilots. The valor and battle accomplishments of Oriskany's aviators are legendary, but the story of their service has been lost in the disastrous fray of the war itself. Fey resurfaces the Oriskany and its heroes in a well-researched memorial to the fallen of CVW-16 in hopes that the lessons learned from such strategic disasters are not forgotten in today's sphere of war-bent politics.

Triumph Forsaken - The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 (Hardcover): Mark Moyar Triumph Forsaken - The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 (Hardcover)
Mark Moyar
R1,523 Discovery Miles 15 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken, first published in 2007, overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an infusion the only means of saving the country.

The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part IV - July 1965-January 1968... The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part IV - July 1965-January 1968 (Paperback)
William Conrad Gibbons
R4,260 Discovery Miles 42 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This fourth volume of a five-part policy history of the U.S. government and the Vietnam War covers the core period of U.S. involvement, from July 1965, when the decision was made to send large-scale U.S. forces, to the beginning of 1968, just before the Tet offensive and the decision to seek a negotiated settlement. Using a wide variety of archival sources and interviews, the book examines in detail the decisions of the president, relations between the president and Congress, and the growth of public and congressional opposition to the war. Differences between U.S. military leaders on how the war should be fought are also included, as well as military planning and operations.

Among many other important subjects, the financial effects of the war and of raising taxes are considered, as well as the impact of a tax increase on congressional and public support for the war. Another major interest is the effort by Congress to influence the conduct of the war and to place various controls on U.S. goals and operations. The emphasis throughout this richly textured narrative is on providing a better understanding of the choices facing the United States and the way in which U.S. policymakers tried to find an effective politico-military strategy, while also probing for a diplomatic settlement.

Originally published in 1995.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part II - 1961-1964 (Paperback):... The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part II - 1961-1964 (Paperback)
William Conrad Gibbons
R2,195 Discovery Miles 21 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This searching analysis of what has been called America's longest war" was commissioned by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to achieve an improved understanding of American participation in the conflict. Part II covers the period from Kennedy's inauguration through Johnson's first year in office.

Originally published in 1986.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam - The Unmaking of a President (Paperback): Herbert Y. Schandler Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam - The Unmaking of a President (Paperback)
Herbert Y. Schandler
R2,195 Discovery Miles 21 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the events that led up to the day--March 31, 1968--when Lyndon Johnson dramatically renounced any attempt to be reelected president of the United States. It offers one of the best descriptions of U.S. policy surrounding the Tet offensive of that fateful March--a historic turning point in the war in Vietnam that led directly to the end of American military intervention.

Originally published in 1983.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Stories Of Service - Intensely Personal View Of The Vietnam War Through The Eyes Of An Insider (Paperback): Evelyn Kerker Stories Of Service - Intensely Personal View Of The Vietnam War Through The Eyes Of An Insider (Paperback)
Evelyn Kerker
R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Vietnam War - A History in Documents (Paperback): Marilyn B. Young, John J Fitzgerald, A.Tom Grunfeld The Vietnam War - A History in Documents (Paperback)
Marilyn B. Young, John J Fitzgerald, A.Tom Grunfeld
R1,618 Discovery Miles 16 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Vietnam War tells the story of one of the most divisive episodes in modern American history through primary sources, ranging from government documents, news reports, speeches, popular songs to memoirs, writings by Vietnam veterans (including coauthor John Fitzgerald), and poetry by Vietnamese and Americans on matching themes. The book begins in the 19th century when Vietnam became a French colony, and traces the insidious route by which the United States became involved in a war on the other side of the world.

America, the Vietnam War, and the World - Comparative and International Perspectives (Paperback, New): Andreas W. Daum, Lloyd C... America, the Vietnam War, and the World - Comparative and International Perspectives (Paperback, New)
Andreas W. Daum, Lloyd C Gardner, Wilfried Mausbach
R1,213 Discovery Miles 12 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Presenting new perspectives on the Vietnam War, its global repercussions, and its role in modern history, this volume reveals "America's War" as an international event that reverberated worldwide. The essays address political, military, and diplomatic issues and the cultural and intellectual consequences of "Vietnam." They compare the Vietnam War to other major conflicts in world history. "America's War" is depicted as a global event whose origins and characteristics deserve an interdisciplinary treatment.

Surviving Combat Memories - Surviving with aftermath of Vietnam War (Paperback): Russ Warriner Surviving Combat Memories - Surviving with aftermath of Vietnam War (Paperback)
Russ Warriner
R295 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R20 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Soldiering through Empire - Race and the Making of the Decolonizing Pacific (Hardcover): Simeon Man Soldiering through Empire - Race and the Making of the Decolonizing Pacific (Hardcover)
Simeon Man
R2,052 R1,938 Discovery Miles 19 380 Save R114 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the decades after World War II, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilian contractors across Asia and the Pacific found work through the U.S. military. Recently liberated from colonial rule, these workers were drawn to the opportunities the military offered and became active participants of the U.S. empire, most centrally during the U.S. war in Vietnam. Simeon Man uncovers the little-known histories of Filipinos, South Koreans, and Asian Americans who fought in Vietnam, revealing how U.S. empire was sustained through overlapping projects of colonialism and race making. Through their military deployments, Man argues, these soldiers took part in the making of a new Pacific world-a decolonizing Pacific-in which the imperatives of U.S. empire collided with insurgent calls for decolonization, producing often surprising political alliances, imperial tactics of suppression, and new visions of radical democracy.

My Lai - An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War (Paperback): William Thomas Allison My Lai - An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War (Paperback)
William Thomas Allison
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

On March 16, 1968, American soldiers killed as many as five hundred Vietnamese men, women, and children in a village near the South China Sea. In "My Lai" William Thomas Allison explores and evaluates the significance of this horrific event. How could such a thing have happened? Who (or what) should be held accountable? How do we remember this atrocity and try to apply its lessons, if any?

My Lai has fixed the attention of Americans of various political stripes for more than forty years. The breadth of writing on the massacre, from news reports to scholarly accounts, highlights the difficulty of establishing fact and motive in an incident during which confusion, prejudice, and self-preservation overwhelmed the troops.

Son of a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War--and aware that the generation who lived through the incident is aging--Allison seeks to ensure that our collective memory of this shameful episode does not fade.

Well written and accessible, Allison's book provides a clear narrative of this historic moment and offers suggestions for how to come to terms with its aftermath.

Helicopter Rescues Vietnam Volume XI (Paperback): Phil Marshall Helicopter Rescues Vietnam Volume XI (Paperback)
Phil Marshall
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Investigation of Forrestal Fire - Copy of findings, recommendations and opinions of investigation into fire on board USS... Investigation of Forrestal Fire - Copy of findings, recommendations and opinions of investigation into fire on board USS Forrestal (CVA 59) (Paperback)
Chief of Naval Operations, Fred T. Jane
R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Killer Kane - A Marine Long-Range Recon Team Leader in Vietnam, 1967-1968 (Paperback): Andrew R. Finlayson Killer Kane - A Marine Long-Range Recon Team Leader in Vietnam, 1967-1968 (Paperback)
Andrew R. Finlayson
R987 R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Save R254 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The leader of one of the most successful U. S. Marine long range reconnaissance teams during the Vietnam War, Andrew Finlayson recounts his team's experiences in the pivotal period in the war, the year leading up to the Tet Offensive of 1968. Using primary sources, such as Marine Corps unit histories and his own weekly letters home, he presents a highly personal account of the dangerous missions conducted by this team of young Marines as they searched for North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong units in such dangerous locales as Elephant Valley, the Enchanted Forest, Charlie Ridge, Happy Valley and the Que Son Mountains. Taking only six to eight men on each patrol, Killer Kane searches for the enemy far from friendly lines, often finding itself engaged in desperate fire fights with enemy forces that vastly outnumber this small band of brave Marines. In numerous close contacts with the enemy, Killer Kane fights for its survival against desperate odds, narrowly escaping death time and again. The book gives vivid descriptions of the life of recon Marines when they are not on patrol, the beauty of the landscape they traverse, and several of the author's Vietnamese friends. It also explains in detail the preparations for, and the conduct of, a successful long range reconnaissance patrol.

Trail to Redemption - Love and War in Vietnam (Paperback): Richard Stevens Trail to Redemption - Love and War in Vietnam (Paperback)
Richard Stevens
R544 Discovery Miles 5 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part III - 1965-1966 (Paperback):... The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part III - 1965-1966 (Paperback)
William Conrad Gibbons
R1,838 Discovery Miles 18 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Part III, which begins in January 1965 and ends in January 1967, treats the watershed period of U.S. involvement in the war, from President Johnson's decision to bomb North Vietnam and to send U.S. ground forces into South Vietnam, through the buildup of military forces and political cadres required by the new U.S. role in the war. This volume examines Johnson's policymaking, his interaction with military advisors and with Congressional critics such as Mike Mansfield, and his reactions as protests against the war began to grow.

Originally published in 1989.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

This Is My Story - An Autobiography of William Richard Ikner, Sr. (Paperback): William Richard Ikner This Is My Story - An Autobiography of William Richard Ikner, Sr. (Paperback)
William Richard Ikner; Compiled by Jen Lowry
R282 Discovery Miles 2 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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