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The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War (Paperback)
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The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War (Paperback)
Series: Mammoth Books
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Discovery Miles 4 170
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By 1969, following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, over 500,000
US troops were 'in country' in Vietnam. Before America's longest
war had ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975, 450,000 Vietnamese
had died, along with 36,000 Americans. The Vietnam War was the
first rock 'n' roll war, the first helicopter war with its doctrine
of 'airmobility', and the first television war; it made napalm and
the defoliant Agent Orange infamous, and gave us the New Journalism
of Michael Herr and others. It also saw the establishment of the
Navy SEALs and Delta Force. At home, America fractured, with the
peace movement protesting against the war; at Kent State
University, Ohio National Guardsmen fired on unarmed students,
killing four and injuring nine. Lewis's compelling selection of the
best writing to come out of a war covered by some truly outstanding
writers, both journalists and combatants, includes an eyewitness
account of the first major battle between the US Army and the
People's Army of Vietnam at Ia Drang; a selection of letters home;
Nicholas Tomalin's famous 'The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong';
Robert Mason's 'R&R', Studs Terkel's account of the police
breaking up an anti-war protest; John Kifner on the shootings at
Kent State; Ron Kovic's 'Born on the Fourth of July'; John T.
Wheeler's 'Khe Sanh: Live in the V Ring'; Pulitzer Prize-winner
Seymour Hersh on the massacre at My Lai; Michael Herr's 'It Made
You Feel Omni'; Viet Cong Truong Nhu Tang's memoir; naval nurse
Maureen Walsh's memoir, 'Burning Flesh'; John Pilger on the fall of
Saigon; and Tim O'Brien's 'If I Die in a Combat Zone'.
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