Vietnam

A View from the Front Lines

Vietnam cover

Description

The Vietnam War ripped America apart and charted the nation's tumultuous future. In their tens of thousands, young men went off to fight in what was an initially popular war only to face defeat and acrimony as national resolve wavered - and returned home to a nation that reviled them and tried to forget about them. Written by Andrew Wiest, the bestselling author of The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam this book traces the American experience of Vietnam from the war's popular inception to its morale-crushing and bitter conclusion.

Based on rich collection housed at the Center of Military History and at the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech, Vietnam allows the reader a grunt's-eye view of the conflict - from the steaming rice paddies and swamps of the Mekong Delta, to the triple-canopy rainforest of the Central Highlands, and to the forlorn Marine bases that dotted the DMZ. The stories contained within these pages detail everything from heroism and battle to helicopters hitting the landing zones and death and injury.

In their own words, this is a true and grippingly accurate portrait of the American war in Vietnam through the eyes of the men and women who fought in that far away land, and those they left behind.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Who We Were
2 Drop and Give Me 20
3 Welcome to Vietnam
4 Life and Death in the Nam
5 Combat
6 Loss
7 A World of Hurt
8 Changing Attitudes
9 Freedom Bird
10 Life After Nam

Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Exclusive Extract from The Boys of '67
Index

Product details

Published Apr 21 2015
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 320
ISBN 9781472807694
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 5 b/w; 12 col
Dimensions 8 x 5 inches
Series General Military
Short code GNM
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Andrew Wiest

Dr Andrew Wiest is University Distinguished Profes…

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