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Millions of young americans streamed over the pacific ocean to fight a war in a country they had never heard of, and thousands didnt come back. The best books about vietnam as a country, not just the vietnam war. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the cold war. Best books on vietnam 194 books goodreads share book. Australia and the vietnam war by peter edwards overdrive. America in the war years by melvin small pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad the antivietnam war movement marked the first time in american history that record numbers marched and protested to an antiwar tune. Britain declared war on germany and mobilized their forces. A brief history of the vietnam war the first vietnam war.
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The book provides great details about equipment, uniforms and rations that were issued to the gis during the war, and does a great job of bringing the modernity of the war to the forefront. Jay wurts, she intimately details the life of a vietnamese woman. He is always referring to it to confirm facts about different battles and things that he didnt know. Causes of the war escalation the course of the war us and vietnamese tac. From the very beginning to the fall of the central powers war books, world war 1 books. Base development in south vietnam, 19651970 1991, by carroll h. The historiography of the war given the burgeoning literature devoted to it, the vietnam war is surely a contender with the civil war for the title of americas most studied conflict. Opinions expressed in this book are those of the author and do not reflect positions. This information is intended to familiarize military personnel with local customs and area knowledge to assist them during their assignment to.
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