Sharpshooter (Vietnam #2)
Sharpshooter (Vietnam #2)

Author: Chris Lynch

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0545443245

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"The best Vietnam War novels yet for this age range." -- Kirkus Reviews Of all his friends, Ivan is the only one looking forward to war.That's because Ivan has never backed down from a fight--especially when it comes to fighting for what's right. He has protected his friends from bullies for years. And now, as war erupts in Vietnam, Ivan wants nothing more than to fight for his country, just as his father did in World War II.Enlisting in the United States Army, Ivan is trained to be a sniper. And he's good at it. Very good. But Vietnam is not the war he was expecting. Somehow the glory and heroism of his father's war stories do not come so easily in the jungle.Now, for the first time, Ivan is forced to question what he's really fighting for... and whether it's a fight he can hope to win.

Let's Go Vietnam 2nd Edition
Let's Go Vietnam 2nd Edition

Author: Let's Go Inc.

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-11-28

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780312360955

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Packed with travel information, including more listings, deals, and insider tips:CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and danceRELIABLE MAPS to help you get around cities, jungles, mountains, and beachesThe best VOLUNTEER, study, and work opportunities throughout VietnamTIPS for getting around, bargaining, and blending in with local customsSUGGESTED ITINERARIES for your time frame, from ten days to two monthsEXPANDED COVERAGE of the remote Northwest Highlands

The Warrior Image
The Warrior Image

Author: Andrew J. Huebner

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0807868213

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Images of war saturated American culture between the 1940s and the 1970s, as U.S. troops marched off to battle in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Exploring representations of servicemen in the popular press, government propaganda, museum exhibits, literature, film, and television, Andrew Huebner traces the evolution of a storied American icon--the combat soldier. Huebner challenges the pervasive assumption that Vietnam brought drastic changes in portrayals of the American warrior, with the jaded serviceman of the 1960s and 1970s shown in stark contrast to the patriotic citizen-soldier of World War II. In fact, Huebner shows, cracks began to appear in sentimental images of the military late in World War II and were particularly apparent during the Korean conflict. Journalists, filmmakers, novelists, and poets increasingly portrayed the steep costs of combat, depicting soldiers who were harmed rather than hardened by war, isolated from rather than supported by their military leadership and American society. Across all three wars, Huebner argues, the warrior image conveyed a growing cynicism about armed conflict, the federal government, and Cold War militarization.

Air War Over Vietnam
Air War Over Vietnam

Author: Dana Bell

Publisher: Arms & Armour Press

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780853685487

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These books contain photographs of the Vietnam War. The focus is on various aspects of the air war following no strict chronology or subject line, but is aimed to give an overall impression of the conflict through this random selection. Volume 2 covers the operations between 1964 and 1968. The third volume contains photographs of the war as recorded by a variety of photographers who were lucky enough to be present at an interesting scene in the sky or on the ground. Volume 4 is a full-color pictorial survey of US air involvement during the war. The compiler hopes to convey the atmosphere of that difficult combat environment, as well as provide a general overview of the major aircraft types used in the war.

Vietnam's American War
Vietnam's American War

Author: Pierre Asselin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-11

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1108547125

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Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers, but they alone fail to explain why Hanoi bested Washington in the end. To make sense of the Vietnam War, we must look beyond the war itself. In his new work, Pierre Asselin explains the formative experiences and worldview of the men who devised communist strategies and tactics during the conflict, and analyzes their rationale and impact. Drawing on two decades of research in Vietnam's own archives, including classified policy statements and reports, Asselin expertly and straightforwardly relates the Vietnamese communist experience - and the reasons the war turned out the way it did.

Encyclopedia of Conflicts since World War II
Encyclopedia of Conflicts since World War II

Author: James Ciment

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 1422

ISBN-13: 1136596143

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This copiously illustrated A-Z reference presents the most in-depth information available about the various conflicts the world has endured, local, regional, and international, since World War II. Some 142 conflicts are discussed and analyzed. The Encyclopedia of Conflict since World War II, with its coverage of all the countries of the world, fills a critical need for clear, comprehensive explanations of events not covered in such detail in any other reference source. Entries end with an extensive bibliography; and the encyclopedia includes maps, chronologies, and a general bibliography, as well as an index designed to make the reader understand the correlation and relationships between individual conflicts.