Vietnam War Books
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Vietnam War Booby Traps
ELI 236 Multiple formatsDuring the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong were frequently unable to hold their own in stand-up fights against US and allied forces who were superior in strength, firepower, mobility, and logistics. They relied... -
US Air Cavalry Trooper vs North Vietnamese Soldier
CBT 51 Multiple formatsThe tactics and technologies of modern air assault - vertical deployment of troops by helicopter or similar means - emerged properly during the 1950s in Korea and Algeria. Yet it was during the Vietnam... -
A-4 Skyhawk vs North Vietnamese AAA
DUE 104 Multiple formatsWhile the F105 Thunderchief was the USAF's principal strike weapon during the Rolling Thunder campaign, the US Navy relied on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for the majority of its strikes on North Vietnam.... -
In Good Faith
GNM Multiple formatsIn Good Faith is the first of a two-volume, accessible narrative history of America's involvement in Indochina, from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon in 1975. The books chart the course... -
Ia Drang 1965
CAM 345 Multiple formatsThe Pleiku campaign of October-November 1965 was a major event in the Vietnam War, and it is usually regarded as the first substantial battle between the US Army and the People's Army of Vietnam.... -
USAF F-105 Thunderchief vs VPAF MiG-17
DUE 95 Multiple formatsThe F-105D Thunderchief was originally designed as a low-altitude nuclear strike aircraft, but the outbreak of the Vietnam War led to it being used instead as the USAF's primary conventional striker... -
Walker Bulldog vs T-54
DUE 94 Multiple formatsDuring the Vietnam War, both the United States and the Soviet Union supplied all manner of weapon systems to the opposing sides, including tanks and armoured vehicles. Two tanks in particular took momentary... -
RF-101 Voodoo Units in Combat
COM 127 Multiple formatsMcDonnell's F-101 Voodoo series was in many ways the most interesting of the ‘Century Series' fighter programmes of the 1950s, partly because the type's design and intended mission changed... -
Sherman Lead
GNA Multiple formatsWritten by a pilot who flew near-daily combat missions, this engrossing book is the story of one man, his colleagues and his machine, the mighty F-4 Phantom II, at war.Sherman Lead is the gripping story... -
Operation Linebacker I 1972
ACM 8 Multiple formatsAt Easter 1972, North Vietnam invaded the South, and there were almost no US ground troops left to stop it. But air power reinforcements could be rushed to the theater. Operation Linebacker's...
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