A War Tour Of Viet Nam
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A War Tour Of Viet Nam
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Author : Erin R. McCoy
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-11-29
A War Tour Of Viet Nam written by Erin R. McCoy and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-29 with History categories.
The Viet Nam War ended nearly half a century ago. This book--part history, part travelogue--reveals the war's legacy, still very much alive, in the places where it was fought and in the memories and memorials of those who survived it. The chronological story is told through the exploration of culture, history, popular music, and the countries that were major players: North and South Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Australia and the United States. The author traverses significant sites like Dien Bien Phu--where French colonialism ended and U.S. intervention began--the DMZ, Hamburger Hill, the Rock Pile, the Cu Chi Tunnels, and Australia's most famous battlefield, Long Tan. Residual hazards remain in the form of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in such places as Siem Reap and Luang Prabang, as well as in Quang Tri Province, where nonprofit groups like Project RENEW work to manage removal and provide victim assistance.
Tours Of Vietnam
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Author : Scott Laderman
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-16
Tours Of Vietnam written by Scott Laderman and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-16 with History categories.
In Tours of Vietnam, Scott Laderman demonstrates how tourist literature has shaped Americans’ understanding of Vietnam and projections of United States power since the mid-twentieth century. Laderman analyzes portrayals of Vietnam’s land, history, culture, economy, and people in travel narratives, U.S. military guides, and tourist guidebooks, pamphlets, and brochures. Whether implying that Vietnamese women were in need of saving by “manly” American military power or celebrating the neoliberal reforms Vietnam implemented in the 1980s, ostensibly neutral guides have repeatedly represented events, particularly those related to the Vietnam War, in ways that favor the global ambitions of the United States. Tracing a history of ideological assertions embedded in travel discourse, Laderman analyzes the use of tourism in the Republic of Vietnam as a form of Cold War cultural diplomacy by a fledgling state that, according to one pamphlet published by the Vietnamese tourism authorities, was joining the “family of free nations.” He chronicles the evolution of the Defense Department pocket guides to Vietnam, the first of which, published in 1963, promoted military service in Southeast Asia by touting the exciting opportunities offered by Vietnam to sightsee, swim, hunt, and water-ski. Laderman points out that, despite historians’ ongoing and well-documented uncertainty about the facts of the 1968 “Hue Massacre” during the National Liberation Front’s occupation of the former imperial capital, the incident often appears in English-language guidebooks as a settled narrative of revolutionary Vietnamese atrocity. And turning to the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, he notes that, while most contemporary accounts concede that the United States perpetrated gruesome acts of violence in Vietnam, many tourists and travel writers still dismiss the museum’s display of that record as little more than “propaganda.”
Two Tours
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Author : Harry Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-18
Two Tours written by Harry Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-18 with categories.
Harry F. Thomas spent a year in Vietnam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Da Nang. He experienced the terror of war and the growing inability of American and South Vietnameese forces to control the Viet Cong and North Vietnameese Army. He experienced the Tet Offensive, the political turning point of the war. In search of peace and closure, Thomas returned to Vietnam with his wife and daughter in 2012. He witnessed Vietnam at peace and the profound changes of the post war period. He writes about his emotions and observations forty four years after his time in the war.
Tours Of Duty
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Author : Michael Lee Lanning
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-10-01
Tours Of Duty written by Michael Lee Lanning and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with History categories.
These are the stories Vietnam vets tell over beers at Legion halls and VFW posts—stories of young men tangled up in the chaos of landing zones and nameless jungle hills, in the boredom of base camps, in the confusion of a controversial war. Raw, often gut-wrenching, sometimes funny, these war stories describe slices of individual tours of duty, from the firefights to the friendships, and capture the kaleidoscope of the American experience in Vietnam.
We Few
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Author : Nick Brokhausen
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2018-04-03
We Few written by Nick Brokhausen and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with History categories.
A Green Beret’s gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. In 1970, on his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. Officially, it was known as the Studies and Observations group. In fact, this Special Forces squad, which Brokhausen calls “an unwashed, profane, ribald, joyously alive fraternity,” undertook some of the most dangerous and suicidal reconnaissance missions ever in the enemy-controlled territory of Cambodia and Laos. But they didn’t infiltrate the jungles alone. They fought alongside the Montagnards—oppressed minorities from the mountain highlands, trained by the US military in guerilla tactics, armed, accustomed to the wild, and fully engaged in a war against the North Vietnamese. Together this small unit formed the backbone of ground reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam, racking up medals for valor—but at a terrible cost. “In colorful, military-jargon-laced prose leavened by gallows humor, Brokhausen pulls few punches describing what it was like to navigate remote jungle terrain under the constant threat of enemy fire. A smartly written, insider’s view of one rarely seen Vietnam War battleground.” —Booklist “[An] exceptionally raw look at the Vietnam War just at the apex of its unpopularity. . . . This battle-scarred memoir is an excellent tribute to the generation that fought, laughed, and died in Southeast Asia.” —New York Journal of Books
Vietnam A Tale Of Two Tours
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Author : James Mooney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-02-25
Vietnam A Tale Of Two Tours written by James Mooney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-25 with categories.
A U.S. Army helicopter pilot's candid first-hand account and photos of his Vietnam experience in the air and on the ground at the height of US troop strenth and then again when he returned for a second tour of duty at the very end of the war. It is a non-political description of what life was really like for him and others who served in Vietnam. There is no embellishment or any second-hand stories from anyone else about their experiences in Vietnam. The author describes a first tour in the Central Highlands supporting an Infantry Division as a pilot in an Assault Helicopter Company flying the UH-1H (Huey) and later during his first tour as an OH-6A Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) pilot assigned to an Infantry Brigade. The book includes a description of combat assaults, the Cambodian Invasion, ground an air tactics, people he met and worked with, helicopter operations, rescues, combat in the air and on the ground, leadership, unit life and living at four different locations, everyday camp life and conditions, as well as many vignettes as to things both good and bad he witnessed during his first tour. The author continues his book with a history of his second tour around Saigon while assigned to an Air Cavalry Troop and how much the war and other things had changed from his first tour. Events recounted include the Air Cavalry Troop mission and life at Bien Hoa, the cease fire and post-cease fire support missions, moving to Saigon and experiences living there, meeting his former enemy, the prisoner of war exchange, being shot down after the cease fire began, and being on the final flight out of combat troops that closed out the war for America. He closes with his overall reflections on his wartime service. A must for those who want to know what it was really like to be there without the hype, politics, or hidden agenda that usually is part of any Vietnam War story.
Touring Nam
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Touring Nam written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
Tour Of Duty During The Vietnam War
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Author : Eleonora Delguidice
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-08
Tour Of Duty During The Vietnam War written by Eleonora Delguidice and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with categories.
On the battlefront and at home, letters provide a vital connection between military service members and their families, friends, and loved ones. Motivated by the extraordinary circumstances of war, letter writers often reveal the priorities of life through vivid, heartfelt words and sentiments. Soldiers wrote letters in spare moments, sometimes from front-line trenches or in the calmer surroundings behind the lines. Censorship dictated what servicemen were permitted to disclose in their letters. However, in practice, men often found ways to impart information, and their letters offer a powerful and highly personal insight into the experience of war. This book was written for family and friends of Vietnam veterans so they might better understand what the Vietnam veteran went through while serving their country. The author knew many Vietnam vets wouldn't or couldn't talk about Vietnam and their experiences there. Now, many have forgotten most of the details and they only see glimpses of those days long ago. The author took many years to compile this work and used actual letters he wrote and those written to him, to piece together his story. He wanted to keep it real and not embellish his story. It is a nonfictional account of his time in Vietnam and will give the reader some insight into what it was like. He describes situations and activities as they happened, not at all like the movies or documentaries you might have seen. It is a day-to-day account of his tour of duty, it's exciting, exhilarating, and true.
Westmoreland S War
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Author : Gregory Daddis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014
Westmoreland S War written by Gregory Daddis and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
This groundbreaking study offers a major reinterpretation of American strategy during the first half of the Vietnam War. Gregory A. Daddis argues senior military leaders developed a comprehensive campaign strategy, one not confined to 'attrition' of enemy forces. This innovative work is a must for a genuine understanding of the Vietnam War.
Tour Of Duty
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Author : Douglas Brinkley
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Tour Of Duty written by Douglas Brinkley and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of our most acclaimed historians explores the decorated military service of one of America’s most intriguing politicians—the leading Democratic presidential candidate for 2004—and its profound effects on his career and life In Tour of Duty, Brinkley explores Senator John Kerry’s career and deftly deals with such explosive issues as U.S. atrocities in Vietnam and the bombing of Cambodia. Using new information acquired from the recently released Nixon tapes, Brinkley reveals how White House aides Charles Colson and H.R. Haldeman tried to discredit Kerry. Refusing to be intimidated, Kerry started running for public office, eventually becoming a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Covering more than four decades, this is the first full-scale definitive account of Kerry’s journey from war to peace. In writing this riveting, action-packed narrative, Brinkley has drawn on extensive interviews with virtually everyone who knew Kerry well in Vietnam. Kerry also relegated to Brinkley his letters home from Vietnam and his voluminous “war notes” journals, notebooks, and personal reminiscences written during and shortly after the war. This material was provided without restriction, to be used at Brinkley’s discretion, and has never before been published.