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Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War

The United States Air Force Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia (Paperback): Earl H. Tilford, U. S. Center for Air Force History The United States Air Force Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia (Paperback)
Earl H. Tilford, U. S. Center for Air Force History; Foreword by Richard P. Hallion
R851 Discovery Miles 8 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 1992. From the foreword: "Search and rescue has always been important to the United States Air Force, whose aircrews deserve nothing less than the fullest possible commitment to save them and return them home. The motto of Air Force search and rescue, "So Others May Live," is one of the most compelling of all military mottoes. It embodies this spirit of altruism and, as events have proven, also indicates the service's intention to furnish life-saving SAR for civilian as well as military purposes. Search and rescue flourished during World War II as lifeguard ships and submarines joined patrolling aircraft in saving lives and sustaining morale, especially in the Pacific Ocean Areas. The rotary-wing, turbojet, and avionics revolutions made modern SAR a reality. Foreshadowed by the Korean War, the helicopter became the principal form of air rescue vehicle in Vietnam. In three major conflicts, SAR forces gained a reputation for bravery, dedication, and self-sacrifice, as they ventured repeatedly into hostile territory to pluck fallen aircrews to safety. The USAF rightly continues to place a top priority on search and rescue, seeking better ways to perform this function through the use of advanced equipment and aircraft (such as the multipurpose MH-53J Pave Low helicopter) and improved training of personnel. This reprint of a classic work offers the reader an exciting and exacting history of the evolution of combat search and rescue in America's longest and most grueling war: the conflict in Southeast Asia."

Marine Corps Heroes - Silver Star (China 1947 & Korea) (Paperback): C. Douglas Sterner Marine Corps Heroes - Silver Star (China 1947 & Korea) (Paperback)
C. Douglas Sterner
R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A FamilyGram From Vietnam - Into Enemy Waters-North of the DMZ and Beyond (Paperback): Fred "foxx" Nesbitt A FamilyGram From Vietnam - Into Enemy Waters-North of the DMZ and Beyond (Paperback)
Fred "foxx" Nesbitt
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands - A Boy from the Mekong Delta (Paperback): Michelle Robin La Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands - A Boy from the Mekong Delta (Paperback)
Michelle Robin La
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Vietnam War - Photographs by a Combat Medic Black & White Photograph Version (Paperback): M C Kraft Vietnam War - Photographs by a Combat Medic Black & White Photograph Version (Paperback)
M C Kraft; D M Kalten
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ptsd and Hemingway's "a Way You'll Never Be" the Mark of Confidence (Paperback): Melinda Fine Ptsd and Hemingway's "a Way You'll Never Be" the Mark of Confidence (Paperback)
Melinda Fine; Illustrated by Melinda Fine; Charles a Coleman Jr
R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Macv - The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal 1968-1973 (Paperback): Center of Military History United States Macv - The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal 1968-1973 (Paperback)
Center of Military History United States
R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hal's Navy (Paperback): Harold H. Sacks Hal's Navy (Paperback)
Harold H. Sacks
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hal's Navy is an insightful personal memoir that brings home not only many technical aspects of naval service, but also the joys, sorrows, separations and heady feelings of a job well done. Hal Sacks tells his terrific and entertaining story beginning with Officer Candidate School and Korea in 1953, going on to Vietnam in 1968, and beyond. Lovers of great storytelling will relish this book, right alongside history buffs and military aficionados.

Abandoned in Place (Paperback): Lynn M. O'Shea Abandoned in Place (Paperback)
Lynn M. O'Shea
R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Abandoned in Place" provides a snapshot of the Vietnam POW/MIA issue. From the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, in January 1973, ending American involvement in the war in Southeast Asia to the "dysfunctional" POW/MIA accounting effort of 2014. With the period 1980 -1981 a clear line in the sand. As the U.S. government refocused its efforts from the rescue of surviving POWs to the recovery of remains. "Abandoned in Place" painstakingly details the intelligence available in 1980 that led to the conclusion American POWs survived in Laos, six years after the end of the Vietnam War. Using never before seen documents, the author reconstructs events leading up to a CIA reconnaissance mission, doomed from the start, to confirm the presence of POWs held deep in the Laotian jungle. As the CIA team headed toward the camp, members of the Joint Special Operation Command trained for a strike of surgical precision. Its mission rescue the POWs held at the camp known as Nhom Marrott. A lack of political will, bureaucratic failures, and leaks forced a stand-down order, condemning any surviving POWs. The author highlights the post Nhom Marrott government accounting effort, focusing on several specific POW/MIA cases. Crippled by a "mindset to debunk" officials ignored evidence of capture and survival in captivity. They edited witness statements to support pre-conceived conclusion of death and dismissed Vietnamese admissions of capture. This despite overwhelming evidence POWs not only survived but also continued to lay down signals in hopes of eventual rescue. Early Reviews - Col. Don Gordon (USA-Ret) Special Operations Command, J2 Director of Intelligence 1980-1983 - "O'Shea leads readers to form their own reasoned conclusions. She writes the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched compendium, private or government, classified or unclassified, about this complicated and emotional subject. It is an event long needed to be told accurately and with respect for the missing in action and their families. O'Shea is fidelis to that cause. She carefully distinguishes fact from speculation. Abandoned in Place is a meticulously detailed, thoroughly verified, and reliable story, well told. It describes plans to rescue about 35 United States Military servicemen strongly believed held in a prison camp in Laos in 1980. Step-by-step, O'Shea builds a strong case that some US military likely remained under North Vietnamese and Lao control after the war." Former Senator and Vice-Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs Bob Smith - "Lynn O'Shea has provided the best in depth analysis ever written and brilliantly combined over 25 years of personal research, evidence and a chronological portrayal of the facts to prove, without any doubt, that America left men behind in Southeast Asia at the end of the Viet Nam War. When we were told that the North Vietnamese, Lao and Viet Cong had complied with the Paris Peace Accords in 1973 and returned all of our men, the evidence shows that was an outright lie and many of our government leaders and the intelligence community knew it." Dr. Jeffrey Donahue, Brother of Major Morgan Donahue - "Lynn masterfully connects a mind-boggling array of dots to not only affirm the truth of the Indochina POW-MIA issue but also to rigorously convey how and why the U.S. government knowingly left men behind and then covered it up. Lynn has woven together tens of thousands of documents and countless hours of interviews to produce a cogent and unassailable profile of one of the most tragic episodes of modern American history. The how and why have never been so brilliantly researched, documented and conveyed."

USAF Plans and Policies - R&D for Southeast Asia, 1965-1967 (Paperback): U.S. Air Force, Office of Air Force History USAF Plans and Policies - R&D for Southeast Asia, 1965-1967 (Paperback)
U.S. Air Force, Office of Air Force History
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Performance of American POWs in the Vietnam War - Adequate Training or Creative Leadership? (Paperback): Air University Press Performance of American POWs in the Vietnam War - Adequate Training or Creative Leadership? (Paperback)
Air University Press
R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A War Too Long - The USAF in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975 (Paperback): U.S. Air Force, Office of Air Force History A War Too Long - The USAF in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975 (Paperback)
U.S. Air Force, Office of Air Force History
R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Battle For Khe Sanh (Paperback): II Usmc, Captain Moyers S. Shore The Battle For Khe Sanh (Paperback)
II Usmc, Captain Moyers S. Shore
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Operation Ranch Hand - The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971 (Paperback): U.S. Air Force, Office of Air... Operation Ranch Hand - The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971 (Paperback)
U.S. Air Force, Office of Air Force History
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
U.S. Marine Corps Civil Affairs in I Corps Republic of South Vietnam, April 1966 to April 1967 (Paperback): Usmcr Captain... U.S. Marine Corps Civil Affairs in I Corps Republic of South Vietnam, April 1966 to April 1967 (Paperback)
Usmcr Captain William D. Parker
R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Every Marine who has served in Vietnam has been heavily involved in efforts to improve the situation of the Vietnamese people. The civil affairs actions of the III Marine Amphibious Force have been every bit as important as the combat actions. In this reference pamphlet, which follows an earlier history of the first year of Marine Corps civic action in Vietnam, the story of the second year of civilian aid policies, programs, and activities is related. The use of civic action by the Marine Corps to accomplish its assigned mission is nothing new. Examples of how the Marines have employed civic action in the past can be found by reading accounts of their exploits during the 1920s in Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. From these accomplishments and astute observations made by men such as Major Earl H. Ellis and others, accounts of "lessons learned" about civic action can be found recorded in the Small Wars Manual of 1940, which points out: "The motive in small wars is not material destruction. It is usually a project dealing with the social, economic, and political development of the people. It is of primary importance that the fullest benefit be derived from the psychological aspects of the situation. That implies a serious study of the people, their racial, political, religious, and mental development. By analysis and study the reasons for existing emergency may be deduced; the most practical method of solving the problem is to understand the possible approaches thereto and the repercussion to be expected from any action which may be contemplated. By this study and the ability to apply correct psychological doctrine, many pitfalls may be avoided and the success of the undertaking assured." With the basic concept of small wars in mind, the Manual of 1940 goes on to point out: "The purpose should always be to restore normal government or give the people a better government than they had before, and to estabJ.sh peace, order, and security on as permanent a basis as practicable. In so doing one should endeavor to make self-sufficient native agencies responsible for these matters. With all this accomplished, one should be able to leave the country with the lasting friendship and respect of the native population." The concept of civic action may be simply stated, but the organization and application of carrying out an effective program becomes a difficult matter. This difficulty in application can be seen through the scope and magnitude of the U. S. Marine Corps civic action effort in the I Corps area of South Vietnam. There the Marine Corps came face-to-face with the age old problem of guerrilla warfare; winning the confidence of the population which is vital in defeating the insurgent. It was in the field of winning the confidence of a large civilian population, while at the same time fighting a war, that the Marine Corps was least prepared when its troops landed in South Vietnam.

Field Artillery 1954-1973 (Paperback): Department of the Army Field Artillery 1954-1973 (Paperback)
Department of the Army
R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The United States Air Force in South East Asia - The Advisory Years to 1965 (Paperback): Martin Blumenson, Robert F Futrell The United States Air Force in South East Asia - The Advisory Years to 1965 (Paperback)
Martin Blumenson, Robert F Futrell
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This publication tells the story of the United States Ari Force's involvement in the region form the end of the second World War until the major infusion of American troops into Vietnam in1965. During these years, and most noticeably after 1961, the Air Force's principal role in Southeast Asia was to advise the Vietnamese Air Force in its struggle against insurgents seeking the collapse of the Saigon government. This story includes some issues of universal applicability to the Air Force: the role of air power in an insurgency, the most effective way to advise a foreign ally, and how to coordinate with other American agencies (both military and civilian) which are doing the same thing. It also deals with issue unique to the Vietnamese conflict: how to coordinate a centralized, technological modern air force with a feudal, decentralized, indigenous one without overwhelming it, and how best to adapt fighter, reconnaissance, airlift, and liaison planes to a jungle environment.

Last Flight From Saigon (Paperback): A. J. C. Lavalle Last Flight From Saigon (Paperback)
A. J. C. Lavalle
R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This monograph is an exciting and moving account of how all our Services, as well as several civilian agencies, pulled together to pull off the largest aerial evacuation in history - what many have referred to as the modern day Dunkirk. The authors have carefully pieced together an amazing story of courage, determination and American ingenuity. Above all, it is a story about saving lives, one that is seldom told in times of war.

The My Lai Massacre - The History of the Vietnam War's Most Notorious Atrocity (Paperback): Charles River Editors The My Lai Massacre - The History of the Vietnam War's Most Notorious Atrocity (Paperback)
Charles River Editors
R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Role of Military Intelligence 1965-1967 (Paperback): Department of the Army The Role of Military Intelligence 1965-1967 (Paperback)
Department of the Army
R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Airpower and the Airlift Evacuation of Kham Duc - USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Volume V, Monograph 7 (Paperback): Alan... Airpower and the Airlift Evacuation of Kham Duc - USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Volume V, Monograph 7 (Paperback)
Alan L. Gropman
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume has value for both the general reader and the aviation specialist. For the latter there are lessons regarding command and control and combined-unit operations that need to be learned to achieve battlefield success. For the former there is a straightforward narrative about American aviators of all four services struggling in the most difficult of conditions to try to rescue more than 1,500 American and Vietnamese military and civilians. Not all Americans moving through the events recounted in this monograph acted heroically, but most did, and it was that heroism that gave the evacuation the success it had. This volume is fully documents so that the reader wishing to look deeper into this incident may do so. Those who study the battle will see that it was something of a microcosm of the entire Vietnam War in the relationship of airpower to tactical ground efforts. Kham Duc sat at the bottom of a small green mountain bowl, and during most of 12 May 1968 the sky was full of helicopters, forward air controller aircraft, transports, and fighters, all striving to succeed and to avoid running into each other in what were most trying circumstances. In the end they carried the day, though by the narrowest of margins and heavy losses. Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force.

Air Power and the 1972 Spring Invasion - USAF South East Asia Mongraph Series, Volume II, Monograph 3 (Paperback): A. J. C.... Air Power and the 1972 Spring Invasion - USAF South East Asia Mongraph Series, Volume II, Monograph 3 (Paperback)
A. J. C. Lavalle
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Air Force presents this volume, a truly monumental effort at recounting the myriad of widely separate but not unrelated events and operations that took place during the spring invasion of Vietnam in 1972. The authors present an illuminating story of people and machines that fought so gallantly during this major enemy offensive.

Interdiction in Southern Laos 1960-1968 (Paperback): Center for Air Force History, Jacob Van Staaveren Interdiction in Southern Laos 1960-1968 (Paperback)
Center for Air Force History, Jacob Van Staaveren
R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Throughout the War in Southeast Asia, Communist forces form North Vietnam infiltrated the isolated, neutral state of Laos. Men and supplies crossed the mountain passes and travelled along an intricate web of roads and jungle paths known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the Viet Cong insurgents in South Vietnam. American involvement in Laos began which a photo-reconnaissance missions and, as the war in Vietnam intensified, expanded to a series of air-ground operations from bases in Vietnam and Thailand against fixed targets and infiltration routes in southern Laos. This volume examines this complex operational environment. United States Air Force. Center for Air Force History.

Gradual Failure - The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965-1966 (Paperback): United States Air Force, Jacob Van Staaveren Gradual Failure - The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965-1966 (Paperback)
United States Air Force, Jacob Van Staaveren
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The U.S. Air Force reached its nadir during the opening two years of the Rolling Thunder air campaign in North Vietnam. Never had the Air Force operated with so many restraints and to so little effect. These pages are painful but necessary reading for all who care about the nation's military power. Van Staaveren wrote this book near the end of his distinguished government service. He was an Air Force historian in Korea during the Korean War and he began to write about the Vietnam War while it was still being fought.

Vietnam Memoirs - Part 1: My Experiences as a Marine Platoon Leader (Paperback): Don Bonsper Vietnam Memoirs - Part 1: My Experiences as a Marine Platoon Leader (Paperback)
Don Bonsper
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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