Vietnam War category: 1155 books
F-8 Crusader vs MiG-17
Vietnam 1965-72
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Revered by Naval Aviators as the 'last of the gunfighters' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader enjoyed great success against VPAF MiG-17s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1966–68. But, the MiG-17's unequalled low-speed manoeuvrability, small size and powerful...
Focusing Emptiness
A Mytho-Poetic Journey to the Lost Child
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Focusing Emptiness is a story about the impact a traumatic childhood can have on the way in which a life unfolds. Weaving together lived experience with the mytho-poetic language of the unconscious, it follows Michael, who in his early teens, boards a bus for one of the most dangerous places in the...
by Mark Berent
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
This is a hilarious tale of an Air Force combat fighter pilot in Vietnam who goes out on patrol with a special forces team he has supported many times from the air. Seeing the pilot is having a hard time keeping up, one of the Chinese mercenaries called Nungs, says to the team leader, "Let's kill the Dai Uy." Dai Uy is Vietnamese for captain.Read on to see what happened.
The Catonsville Nine
A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
In the spring of 1968, a group of Catholic antiwar activists barged into a draft board in suburban Baltimore, stole hundreds of Selective Service records, and burned the documents in a fire fueled by homemade napalm. The bold actions of the ''Catonsville Nine'' quickly became international news, and...
![Cover of Advice And Support: The Final Years 1965-1973 [Illustrated Edition]](https://www.kuoky.com/images/2014/august/300x300/9781782899075-H44Y_300x.jpg)
by Jeffrey J. Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Includes over 75 maps, photos and plans.
In Advice and Support: The Final Years the author describes the U.S. Army advisory effort to the South Vietnamese armed forces during the period when the U.S. commitment in Southeast Asia was at its peak. The account encompasses a broad spectrum of activities...
The Siege of LZ Kate
The Battle for an American Firebase in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
In the fall of 1969, a force of 150 Americans and their South Vietnamese allies were surrounded by 5,000 North Vietnamese Army soldiers. This is the story of their desperate defense and against-all-odds escape.
The Patient Was Vietcong
An American Doctor in the Vietnamese Health Service, 1966-1967
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
In 1965, drafted into the Army to serve in Vietnam, Lawrence Climo, a young physician just out of training, learned of a unique humanitarian mission with counter-insurgency objectives that was looking for doctors: MILPHAP (Military Provincial Hospital Augmentation Program). Because it seemed to be...
Ho Chi Minh's Blueprint for Revolution
In the Words of Vietnamese Strategists and Operatives
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2018
When Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces on April 30, 1975, the communist victory sent shockwaves around the world. Using ingenious strategy and tactics, Hồ Chí Minh had shown it was possible for a tiny nation to defeat a mighty Western power. The same tactics have been studied and replicated...
by Gordon L. Rottman
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The M16 was first introduced in 1958 and was revolutionary for its time as it was made of lightweight materials including special aluminum and plastics. It was first adopted by US Special Forces and airborne troops in 1962 before it was issued to Army and Marine units serving in Vietnam. Its use spread...
by Terry Nardone
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Tin Can Treason is a recollection of my combat tour aboard a destroyer, USS Bordelon (DD881), commissioned in 1945. She had a crew of over 350 men on a 30 foot wide and 300 foot long ship. We traveled about 30,000 nautical miles, from Charleston, South Carolina to the Vietnam coast and back. While...
Children of the Enemy
Oral Histories of Vietnamese Amerasians and Their Mothers
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
When U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam, they left behind thousands of young children fathered by American soldiers. The new regime regarded the Amerasians as children of the enemy and ostracized them from Vietnamese society. The U.S. government passed the Homecoming Act of 1988, finally facilitating...
Counterinsurgency
What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
It has long been predicted that counterinsurgency will be the predominant style of American warfare in the 21st century: Thus far, the prediction has proven true. Written for those who study counterinsurgency from a policy perspective as well as for those who do counterinsurgency in the field, this...
by Patrice GÉLINET
Language: French
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Cet ebook contient des liens internet vers des bonus sonores, qui sont accessibles sur tous les appareils permettant la lecture de fichiers multimédias.
En 1954, se terminait la première et la plus oubliée des guerres coloniales françaises. Soixante ans plus tard, en voici l'histoire, racontée...
by Pierre JOURNOUD
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2015
15mn d'Histoire : une collection numérique de textes courts pour apprendre et comprendre l'Histoire en 15 minutes !
15mn d'Histoire : une collection numérique de textes courts pour apprendre et comprendre l'Histoire en 15 minutes !
Perdue et mal aimée, la guerre d'Indochine a été rapidement...