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Vietnam 19451975 hardcover september 1, 1981 by michael maclear author 4. The series was released on videocassette format by embassy and won a national education association award for best. Purchasing these books through the book depository is a great way for you to save money, while supporting alpha history. Anyone interested in the war should also read martin windrows the last valley. Each question is answered concisely and sharply in just a few sentences.

Amerasian children of the vietnam war 2005 trin yarborough 959. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. There is catch22, and slaughterhouse five, and these are classics to be sure. Because during the war i mostly helped men avoid the draft, i. Government publishing office gpo offers access to the vietnam war veterans recognition act of 2017, which designated march 29 as vietnam war veterans recognition day, through the catalog of u. Why was the vietnam war of such global significance and how has it affected people on both sides of the conflict. A grunts eye view of the vietnam war the washington times.

This war against the enemy within was the genesis of watergate. Welcome to alpha historys selection of vietnam war books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. April 21, 2020 vietnam book day is an annual nationwide observance held on april 21. A comprehensive guide to the firebases, military installations and naval vessels of the vietnam war, 19451975 2002 useful geographical guide to 10,000 locations kolko, gabriel. It was established in 2014 by prime minister nguyen tan dung. The ten thousand day war, a 26part canadian television documentary on the vietnam war, was produced in 1980 by michael maclear the documentary series was consolidated into hourlong episodes for american television syndication. Come home from that pointless and immoral war and find one. This may be, or at least was at one time, the definitive book about the vietnam war. Beyond that, on the fiction front, we quickly traipse into forgettable territory. Sinovietnamese war reeducation camp vietnam boat people vietnam war casualties opposition to the vietnam war opposition to the u. The vietnam war in 27 shortanswer questions ebook of what we call the vietnam war for kids. Vietnam war, 19611975 engineering and construction base development in south vietnam, 19651970 1991, by carroll h. The recent ken burns documentary uses more editorial language and interviews veterans and other key players to illicit an emotional response.

I am yet to read a better general history of the war than michael maclears vietnam. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Opinion your favorite books on vietnam the new york times. In addition to this general history of the conflict, the ten thousand day war includes special programs focused on each of the following specific aspects of the war. Nothing, certainly not our film or book, can make the tragedy of the vietnam war all right. The th valley by john del vecchio there have been a number of excellent books about vietnam. All our physical stores and our online store are temporarily closed. Weaving together the histories of three distinct conflicts, phillip b. The ten thousand day war, a 26part halfhour canadian television documentary on the vietnam war, and was produced in 1980 by michael maclear. This 6page long ebook addresses 27 basic questions you need to know about the conflict in vietnam. A comprehensive history of the american stage of the vietnam war. Perhaps more targeted at the scholarly minded, this book collects official documents and private letters from a sea of sources. Mark atwood lawrence and fredrik logevalls book the first vietnam war is a synthesis of events in various countries that led up to and followed the first vietnam war. Each has fled an america they were raised to love but somehow no longer understand in the tumult of the late 1960s.

The 10,000 day war is less passionate and more forensically produced. Vietnam book festival was inaugurated in vietnam national library to start the event of the 2nd vietnam book day held in hanoi on april 21. This book presents perspectives on the vietnam war, its global repercussions, and the role of this war in modern history. The definitive collection of fiction and nonfiction on the war 1998 by stewart onan diving into a book about the vietnam war can be a daunting task.

So if you are someone who do not enjoy reading long text, this e. The ten thousand day war available in dvd ship this item this item is available online through marketplace sellers. It provides an all encompassing overview of the whole conflict from french involvement, and into the postus withdrawal years to the end of the conflict hence the 10,000 days. This holiday focuses on raising public awareness about the importance of books and encouraging reading in the community. The things they carried, by tim obrien, was the first book about the vietnam war that i read. Hunts a vietnam war reader is a very different text to onans. Harry summers is perhaps the expert on the military history of the war from a western perspective. Us soldiers, communist leaders, saigon loyalists, vietnamese peasants and even nixon himself. Produced in 1980 as a canadian tv documentary consisting of 26 halfhour segments, vietnam.

I wholly recommend this book to whoever wants to know more about the vietnam war or about the army. Vietnam, 19451975 is a 26part documentary about the war in vietnam, produced by the canadian broadcasting corporation. Popular vietnam books meet your next favorite book. It tries to stay away from making judgments and conclusions. The book does a great job of putting the war into the context of the post wwii collapse of colonial empire as well as the domestic political conditions that led to disasters in participation and execution. When forced to choose whether to face combat or stay and fight the war in the streets, they. The ten thousand day war is the best book on the subject i have ever read. The series aired in canada on cbc television, in the united states and in the united kingdom on channel 4 maclear visited vietnam during the production of the series and had access to film material there. The united states and vietnam, 19501975 by george herring 1979. The event of book festival in national library is a chance for readers to exchange with famous writers and critics. It was conceived by michael maclear, a canadian broadcast journalist and film maker, who had spent some time in north vietnam during the war. Why was the vietnam war so contentious, and how did one of the worlds superpowers fail to defeat a much less wealthy and populous opponent. Davidson follows the entire course of the vietnam war, from the initial french skirmishes in 1946 to the dramatic fall of saigon nearly thirty years later. The conflict is traced from the 1945 defeat of vietnam s japanese occupiers through the release of american pows and later challenges faced by veterans.

Perhaps the only decent thing to emerge from the vietnam war is a body of literature unsurpassed by the writing thats come out of any other war. Its based on his book, vietnam warrior voices, which we. Read the vietnam war by cath senker available from rakuten kobo. The book is definitely fascinating and was written after the war ended, giving it a retrospective feel. Booktopia buy vietnam war books online from australias leading online bookstore. Anderson, anthony astuccio, peter braestrup, george r. Three are novels, two of which were written by vietnam war. Vietnam war bibliography by richard jensen july 2008. A friend recommended he book to me and i enjoyed the book, almost as much as the vietnamese probably hated the 10,000 days of war they survived. The 10,000 day war cbc complete series steviea427 sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. We are not about to send american boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home. For anyone who does not have afull knowledge of what happened it provides a very good historical perspective.

Dog soldiers won the 1975 national book award for fiction, the first vietnam war novel to do so. Follow us your content may be featured on, member station websites, and on social media. Gpos govinfo offers the original presidential proclamation for vietnam veterans day in 1974. National vietnam war veterans day government book talk. The streetside soup, and coffee 10,000 dong, will be much better than the greasy eggs and stale baguette offered by your hotel. This book seeks to relate the overall events and chronology of the war and shows its impact on everyday lives. What is the best book about vietnam war written from. The ten thousand day war new edition by maclear, michael isbn. Vietnam book festival 2015 inaugurated in national library. Why was the vietnam war so contentious, and how did one of the worlds superpowers fail to. Now in its fourth updated edition, based on new declassified information, its known to vietnam scholars. His connecting thread is north vietnamese general vo nguyen giap, a. This first indo china war lasted until the french defeat at dien bien phu and the signing of the geneva convention in 1954. Argosy in the wartossed waters off the coast of vietnam, three young american sailors form an unlikely bond.

Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. As a student who already knew a good bit about the war, it deepened my knowledge, particulary in the french war in indochina and americas involvement in it. The volume reveals americas war as an international event that reverberated all over the world. The best histories of the vietnam war council on foreign.