vietnam war, 1961-1975

Discusses the history of America's involvement in Vietnam, exploring the deployment of combat ground troops at Da Nang in 1965 to the Fall of Saigon in 1975.

". . . tells the story from the Japanese surrender in 1945 through America's involvement in the French Indochina War and the initial advisory missions that followed. It describes how these missions gradually grew in both scope and scale, and how America became ever more committed to the region, especially following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964, which led to the first bombing missions over North Vietnam. It finishes at the climax of one of those operations, Rolling Thunder, and just prior to the first commitment of US ground forces to the war in Vietnam in the spring of 1965"--Amazon.

"From one of the fiercest skirmishes of the Vietnam War to years of seclusion in a mountain cave, Medal of Honor recipient, Gary Beikirch has faced more than his fair share of battles and overcome each of them through perseverance and faith. He inspires readers to do the same"--.

Glyn Haynie shares his Vietnam War experiences as a nineteen-year-old soldier in the First Platoon.

"Former Marine John Musgrave's searing and intimate memoir about surviving Vietnam and its aftermath"--Adapted from publisher description.

"The long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering war"--Amazon.

Discusses the history of the creation of the Vietnam War memorial.

"A cinematic history of the largest act of civil disobedience in United States history, in Richard Nixon's Washington"--Provided by publisher.

"Recounts the experiences of the young Americans who fought in Vietnam and of families who grieved those who did not return. By 1969 nearly half of the junior enlisted men who died in Vietnam were draftees. And their median age was 21--among the non-draftees it was only 20. The book describes the 'baby boomers' growing up in the 1950s, why they went into the military, what they thought of the war, and what it was like to serve in 'Nam.' And to come home. The book depicts the cruelty of this war, and its quiet acts of courage"--Amazon.

"Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle"--OCLC.