Moral Imperative: 1972, Combat Rescue, and the End of America's War in Vietnam, Paperback - Darrel Whitcomb

Reducere. In 1972, America was completing its withdrawal from the long and divisive war in Vietnam. Air power covered the departure of ground forces, and sea...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Darrel D. WhitcombWhen his electronic warfare plane--call sign Bat 21--was shot down on 2 April 1972, fifty-three-year-old ...

Reducere. ★ ``Partridge proves once again that nonfiction can be every bit as dramatic as the best fiction.``* America's war in Vietnam. In over a decade of ...

Reducere. "This book has been long needed: a concise, complete and dispassionate survey of the Vietnam War.... Best of all, the no-nonsense approach answers ...

In April 1975, just before the fall of Saigon, the U.S. government launched "Operation Babylift, " a highly publicized plan to evacuate nearly thre...

Reducere. This is a fascinating study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering s...

Reducere. In one of the most detailed and powerfully argued books published on American intervention in Vietnam, Fredrik Logevall examines the last great una...

In the spring of 1972, North Vietnam launched a massive military offensive designed to deliver the coup de grace to South Vietnam and its rapidly d...

Reducere. Gunbird Driver is a memoir of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a young pilot flying an armed UH-1E in Marine Observation Squadron 6. Par...

Reducere. Bright Light is the true story of the author's training as a green beret medical specialist and his service with the top secret MACV SOG. The book ...

Reducere. The first battle book from Mark Bowden since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down, Hue 1968, ``an instantly recognizable classic of mil...

Donut Dolly puts you in the Vietnam War face down in the dirt under a sniper attack, inside a helicopter being struck by lightning, at dinner next ...

Reducere. What went wrong in Vietnam? Michael Lind casts new light on one of the most contentious episodes in American history in this controversial bestsell...

Reducere. Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was foug...

Reducere. Now in paperback--a "thrilling narrative of bravery, bravado, and loss" (Kirkus Reviews) that tells the "gripping story of a handful of marines who...

Reducere. "Into The Dragon's Jaws" details the exciting adventures and experiences of a young Canadian Red Cross combat casualty surgeon who volunteered to a...

The true story of the Mau Mau rebellion of 1952-60 in Kenya, told for the first timePublisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): David AndersonIllustra...

Ernest C. Brace was a former Marine hero, banished in disgrace from the Corps. In 1965, while working as a civilian pilot in Laos, he was captured ...

Reducere. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work t...

Reducere. "Into The Dragon's Jaws" details the exciting adventures and experiences of a young Canadian Red Cross combat casualty surgeon who volunteered to a...

Reducere. In the closing days of WWII, the Soviet Union attacked and occupied Japanese-controlled northern China, then called Manchuria. Immediately, misery ...

Reducere. Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The ...

Reducere. An account of the over 450 combat missions flown by the author in the Vietnam War. The author is a highly decorated fighter pilot having been award...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David AndersonDavid Anderson's troubling account of British conduct during the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s comes at a ti...

This unique account of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War argues that at the heart of armies' robustness lay...

Reducere. Praise for The Rescue ""Steven Trent Smith grapples boldly with several big subjects: the Japanese occupation of the Philippines; the capture of Ja...

A fictional account of gut-level combat as seen through the eyes of American and North Vietnamese participants.Publisher: Casemate PublishersAuthor...

DescriptionFrom its inception, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) provoked controversy. Today it is widely regarded as hav...

Reducere. DescriptionDavid R. "Buff" Honodel was a cocky young man with an inflated self-image when he arrived in 1969 at his base in Udorn, Thailand. His wa...

A classic exposition of Kant's ethical thought.About the Author: H. J. Paton was the author of several books, including Kant's Metaphysic of Experi...

An illustrated guide to everything that Vietnam-era American GIs and their allies carried into battle. Will appeal to historians, modelers, collect...

The AEF Way of War: The American Army and Combat in World War I - Mark Ethan Grotelueschen

"Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since"--