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Titan Fails Vietnam War
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Author : Edgar Wollstone
language : en
Publisher: AJS
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Titan Fails Vietnam War written by Edgar Wollstone and has been published by AJS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
In 1963, a photograph had sent the world into a frenzy. It was of a monk who sat solemnly as if he was in deep meditation in the middle of a busy intersection in the capital city of Saigon as flames licked all over his body. The egregious image of the monk being burned alive spread like wildfire and set in motion a series of events that will leave utter chaos, anarchy, and devastation in its wake. The monk was Thich Quang Duc, and his act of self-immolation was done in protest of the systematic persecution of Buddhists by the Roman Catholic government of South Vietnam. The air in the near vicinity was redolent with the stench of the burning flesh. This, along with the wails of the gathered monks and nuns, the utter despair and shock of the onlookers, all contributed to make it an event in the history of Vietnam that will have ripples to this day. Today, Saigon, the capital city of South Vietnam is no more. Saigon exists only in the realms of turbulent history and burning memories. Saigon itself is history, but it's tragic story lives on. It will always be the city of the burning monk; the monk who sat steadfast even when his body was burnt to ashes. A monk had become a martyr, an unlikely scenario even for a post-World War II world. But what does a monk in the small city of Saigon have to do with a great power like America? Why did America enter the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War had cost America 58000 lives, approximately a trillion dollars, costs a president, stoked severe and unprecedented social unrest, and all of this only to be defeated in the end by a small technologically underdeveloped country like Vietnam. Why did the United States of America plunge itself into the war, jeopardizing the lives of thousands of its troops, and exhausting its economic and military resources for a war that it had no stakes to claim at all. In hindsight, America’s decision to enter the war is often stated as a monumental strategic and diplomatic blunder and a humanitarian catastrophe with long-lasting repercussions. The United States of America had no political, strategic, or economic gains in Vietnam. Vietnam didn’t possess any resources that America wanted. The Vietnam War was an internal strife, and the constant skirmishes were for independence from French colonists, then why did America get itself into a soup knowing fully well that it was an unwarranted war? To know why America lost a war it had never wanted to enter in the first place, let’s first know the context. What was the stimulus that triggered the Vietnam War, what were the casualties and the aftermath, and finally how and why did the powerful, technologically advanced, super-power country like the United States of America lose the war that had been going on for an inordinate twenty years?
Titan Fails Vietnam War
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Author : Edgar Wollstone
language : en
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Release Date : 2021-02-24
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TITAN FAILS - VIETNAM WAR In 1963, a photograph had sent the world into a frenzy. It was of a monk who sat solemnly as if he was in deep meditation in the middle of a busy intersection in the capital city of Saigon as flames licked all over his body. The egregious image of the monk being burned alive spread like wildfire and set in motion a series of events that will leave utter chaos, anarchy, and devastation in its wake. The monk was Thich Quang Duc and his act of self-immolation was done in protest of the systematic persecution of Buddhists by the Roman Catholic government of South Vietnam. The air in the near vicinity was redolent with the stench of the burning flesh. This, along with the wails of the gathered monks and nuns, the utter despair and shock of the onlookers, all contributed to make it an event in the history of Vietnam that will have ripples to this day. Today, Saigon, the capital city of South Vietnam is no more. Saigon exists only in the realms of turbulent history and burning memories. Saigon itself is history, but its tragic story lives on. It will always be the city of the burning monk; the monk who sat steadfast even when his body was burnt to ashes. A monk had become a martyr, an unlikely scenario even for a post-World War II world. But what does a monk in the small city of Saigon have to do with a great power like America? Why did America enter the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War had cost America 58000 lives, approximately a trillion dollars, costs a president, stoked severe and unprecedented social unrest, and all of this only to be defeated in the end by a small technologically underdeveloped country like Vietnam. Why did the United States of America plunge itself into the war, jeopardizing the lives of thousands of its troops, and exhausting its economic and military resources for a war that it had no stakes to claim at all. In hindsight, America's decision to enter the war is often stated as a monumental strategic and diplomatic blunder and a humanitarian catastrophe with long-lasting repercussions. The United States of America had no political, strategic, or economic gains in Vietnam. Vietnam didn't possess any resources that America wanted. The Vietnam War was an internal strife and the constant skirmishes were for independence from French colonists, then why did America get itself into a soup knowing fully well that it was an unwarranted war? To know why America lost a war it had never wanted to enter in the first place, let's first know the context. What was the stimulus that triggered the Vietnam War, what were the casualties and the aftermath, and finally how and why did the powerful, technologically-advanced, super-power country like the United States of America lose the war that had been going on for an inordinate twenty years?
Wounded Titans
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Author : Max Lerner
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2017-06-06
Wounded Titans written by Max Lerner and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-06 with History categories.
“Readers who miss the magisterial pronunciamentos of the late Max Lerner . . . will relish this collection of Lerner’s writings on a subject that preoccupied him.” —Booklist Max Lerner taught generations of Americans about their government. For almost half a century, the office of the presidency preoccupied his prodigious energies and unparalleled expertise. Lerner not only wrote about the men who inhabited the Oval Office during that time, he knew them personally, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton—and he knew what made them tick. Here are Lerner’s complete writings on the presidency and American presidents. Lerner believed that the nature of the office transforms presidents into titans, but wounded titans, bowed and sometimes broken by forces, fate, destiny, or history, that lie beyond their control. Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman’s efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower’s belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy’s hyperactive libido and recklessness; Nixon’s conviction he could manipulate political process: every president has had immortal yearnings, and the office that inflated his pride also enlarged his flaws. With a new foreword, Wounded Titans contains Lerner’s classic essays on the presidency and its development as well as his most famous presidential portraits and the best of his campaign journalism. Learned, wise, illuminating, entertaining, both timely and timeless, Wounded Titans is as large in spirit and scope as the American presidency itself.
The Us Air Force After Vietnam Postwar Challenges And Potential For Responses
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Author : Donald J. Mrozek
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2001
The Us Air Force After Vietnam Postwar Challenges And Potential For Responses written by Donald J. Mrozek and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Public opinion categories.
This book probes various groups of Americans as they come to grips with the consequences of the Vietnam War. Dr. Mrozek examines several areas of concern facing the United States Air Force, and the other services in varying degrees, in the years after Vietnam.
Success And Failure In Limited War
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Author : Spencer D. Bakich
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Success And Failure In Limited War written by Spencer D. Bakich and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with Political Science categories.
Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. Chief among these challenges is the risk of escalation—be it in the scale, scope, cost, or duration of the conflict. In this book, Spencer D. Bakich investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions. Traditional assessments of wartime strategy focus on the relationship between the military and civilians, but Bakich argues that we must take into account the information flow patterns among top policy makers and all national security organizations. By examining the fate of American military and diplomatic strategy in four limited wars, Bakich demonstrates how not only the availability and quality of information, but also the ways in which information is gathered, managed, analyzed, and used, shape a state’s ability to wield power effectively in dynamic and complex international systems. Utilizing a range of primary and secondary source materials, Success and Failure in Limited War makes a timely case for the power of information in war, with crucial implications for international relations theory and statecraft.
Army History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Army History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Military history categories.
Tools Of Titans
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Author : Timothy Ferriss
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2017
Tools Of Titans written by Timothy Ferriss and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Business & Economics categories.
"Fitness, money, and wisdom--here are the tools. Over the last two years ... Tim Ferriss has collected the routines and tools of world-class performers around the globe. Now, the distilled notebook of tips and tricks that helped him double his income, flexibility, happiness, and more is available as Tools of Titans"--Page 4 of cover.
Clash Of Titans
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Author : Walter J. Boyne
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-02-28
Clash Of Titans written by Walter J. Boyne and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-28 with History categories.
In an overview of naval campaigns from 1939 to 1945, a military historian and author of Clash of Wings explains how sea power changed the course of World War II. From the Atlantic to the Pacific to the North Sea and the Mediterranean, Walter Boyne weaves together dramatic battle scenes with skillful analyses of strategies and tactics to present a wide-ranging look at all of the naval forces operating in every theater of the Second World War.
Setup
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Author : Earl H. Tilford
language : en
Publisher: Military Bookshop
Release Date : 2013-07
Setup written by Earl H. Tilford and has been published by Military Bookshop this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07 with History categories.
Vietnam
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Author : George Donelson Moss
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-01
Vietnam written by George Donelson Moss and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-01 with History categories.
This book provides a comprehensive narrative history of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, from 1942 to 1975--with a concluding section that traces U.S.-Vietnam relations from the end of the war in 1975 to the present. Unlike most general histories of U.S. involvement in Vietnam--which are either conventional diplomatic or military histories--this volume synthesizes the perspectives to explore both dimensions of the struggle in greater depth, elucidating more of the complexities of the U.S.-Vietnam entanglement. It explains why Americans tried so hard for so long to stop the spread of Communism into Indochina, and why they failed. Key topics: The Fall of Saigon: The End as Prelude. Vietnam: A Place and A People. The Elephant and the Tiger. An Experiment in Nation Building. Raising the Stakes. Going to War. The Chain of Thunders. The Year of the Monkey. A War to End a War. The End of the Tunnel. Market: For anyone curious to know about the long American involvement in Southeast Asia, 1942-1975.