Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War

Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War

Author: Marc Leepson

Publisher: MacMillan

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13:

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Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War is the perfect desktop reference for students, veterans, and other interested readers who want the critical facts about the Vietnam War. Hundreds of clear, concise entries on the people, places, equipment, and events provide readers with a solid foundation on this controversial period in U.S. history. Resources include a handy chronological chart, historically important documents such as the Paris Peace Accords and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, a complete list of Medal of Honor recipients, and the Orders of Battle for the U.S., North Vietnamese, and South Vietnamese forces. A detailed bibliography guides readers to respected texts on Vietnam War - related topics such as, Vietnam, the Indochina War, Dien Bien Phu, strategies, and tactics.


Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam

Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam

Author: Ronald B. Frankum

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2011-06-10

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 0810879565

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For Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War altered forever the history, topography, people, economy, and politics of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), Cambodia, and Laos. That the war was controversial is an understatement as is the notion that the war can be understood from any one perspective. One way of understanding the Vietnam War is by marking its time with turning points, both major and minor, that involved events or decisions that helped to influence its course in the years to follow. By examining a few of these turning points, an organizational framework takes shape that makes understanding the war more possible. Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam emphasizes the international nature of the war, as well as provide a greater understanding of the long scope of the conflict. The major events associated with the war will serve as the foundation of the book while additional entries will explore the military, diplomatic, political, social, and cultural events that made the war unique. While military subjects will be fully explored, there will be greater attention to other aspects of the war. All of this is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Vietnam War.


Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War

Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War

Author: Edwin E. Moïse

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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This historical dictionary, presenting significant persons, armed units, battles and confrontations, weapons and places deals with military and political aspects of the Vietnam War and with the events that led up to it.


Vietnam: The War Zone Dictionary in Their Own Words

Vietnam: The War Zone Dictionary in Their Own Words

Author: Sharon O. Lightholder

Publisher: Albedo Press

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 9780578171364

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VIETNAM - THE WAR ZONE DICTIONARY IN THEIR OWN WORDS is the first reference to combine the official terms formally adopted by the United States Department of Defense and its allies in NATO, SEATO, CENTO, and IADB with the unofficial slang, abbreviations, radio codes, pro-codes, hospital jargon, weapon abbreviations, acronyms, euphemisms, and commonly used foreign words and phrases used by the men and women who were there. With over 9,800 entries, this is the only source-defined reference to the linguistic complexity of the Vietnam War. Suited for the historian, linguist, genealogist and armchair reader, it is both a reference and a time capsule of that era. It is an uncensored, unauthorized, and vibrant collection reflecting the complexity of official terms, the primal urgency of the unofficial language, and the adaptations of the English language to new technology, military, and social challenges. Collected and curated by Sharon O. Lightholder, attorney and author, each slang entry was subjected to a verification process by someone from the war zone before inclusion. Each official entry was secured from unclassified documents. Decades in the making, it will serve the test of time and speak clearly from the past into the future. This reference is an important addition to any academic library and history department as well as serving the needs of the general reader interested in the Vietnam War. It offers a new and meaningful contribution to the scholarship of the Vietnam era.


Vietnam War Slang

Vietnam War Slang

Author: Tom Dalzell

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780415839402

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This dictionary presents the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam war.


Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition

Author: Editors of Editors of Webster's New World College Dictionaries

Publisher: Webster's New World

Published: 2020-06

Total Pages: 1728

ISBN-13: 9780358126614

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Webster's New World College Dictionary is a favorite of newsrooms and copyeditors nationwide, and it is the official dictionary of The Associated Press Stylebook.This dictionary features a clear and accessible defining style, abundant synonym notes, full-page tables and charts, hundreds of drawings that complement the definitions, and authoritative guidance on usage and style points. It also includes extensive coverage of Americanisms (words, phrases, and senses coined by an American or first used in the United States). It has added nearly 5,000 new entries, including terms from the areas of arts and sports, science and medicine, computers and the Internet, food, business, politics, and law. Tens of thousands of revisions have been made to existing senses, to bring them up-to-date and to reflect current usage. A reference supplement includes: Rules of punctuation, Roman numerals, Calendars, Monetary units, Currency symbols, Names for large number, Books of the Bible, Meteorological data, Commonly used weights and measures, Planets of the solar system, Geologic time scale, and Periodic table of the elements.


Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781784027834

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Webster's New World Medical Dictionary, Third Edition will help you understand and communicate your medical needs when it matters the most. Written by doctors and the experts at WebMD, this edition includes 8500 entries, including 500 new terms, a vitamin appendix, and a companion website to give you access to medical language.


Inconvenient Stories

Inconvenient Stories

Author: Jeffrey A. Wolin

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13:

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Exploring how the trauma of war affects combatants and civilians caught in literal and philosophical crossfire.