Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir (Danziger Jeff)(Paperback)

Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir (Danziger Jeff)(Paperback)

'A must-read war memoir... with zero punches pulled, related by one of the most incisive observers of the American political scene.' --KIRKUS (starred review) 'Funny, biting, thoughtful and wholly original.' --Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They CarriedJeff Danziger, one of the leading political

Memories Unleashed: Vietnam Legacy (Small Carl Rudolph)(Pevná vazba)

A memoir of the Vietnam War written as a series of short stories.This memoir of the Vietnam War is structured as a series of short stories that convey the emotional and physical landscape of the Vietnam War. It is a window into the war from the perspective of the author, who served in a rapid

Drone War Vietnam (Axe David)(Pevná vazba)

In their fledgling efforts to send robots instead of human beings on the most dangerous aerial missions, U.S. operators in South-East Asia in the 1960s and '70s wrote the first chapter in the continuing tale of autonomous warfare. While the use of drones is now commonplace in modern warfare, it was

The Spy Who Loved Us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's Dangerous Game (Bass Thomas A.)(Paperback)

Vietnam's American War (Asselin Pierre)(Paperback)

Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers,

The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History (DK)(Pevná vazba)

The Vietnam War remains one of the most heroic and heartbreaking events in history. This definitive guide charts the unforgettable story of the world's first televised war.Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles America's fight against Communism

The Vietnam War (Ward Geoffrey)(Paperback)

War Doctor - Surgery on the Front Line (Nott David)(Paperback / softback)

The gripping true story of a front-line trauma surgeon in the world's most dangerous war

Killing in War (McMahan Jeff)(Paperback)

Killing a person is in general among the most seriously wrongful forms of action, yet most of us accept that it can be permissible to kill people on a large scale in war. Does morality become more permissive in a state of war? Jeff McMahan argues that conditions in war make no difference to what

A Short History of the Vietnam War (Kerr Gordon)(Paperback)

A concise, accessible history of one of the most important and fascinating conflicts of the 20th centuryOn March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade made an amphibious landing at Da Nang on the south central coast of South Vietnam, marking the beginning of a conflict

Modern War (English Richard)(Paperback)

Warfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the key influences that has shaped the politics, economics, and society of modern times. But what do we mean by modern war? What causes modern wars to begin? Why do people fight in them, why do they end, and what have

Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63 (Truong Marcelino)(Paperback)

This riveting, beautifully produced graphic memoir tells the story of the early years of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of a young boy named Marco, the son of a Vietnamese diplomat and his French wife. The book opens in America, where the boy's father works for the South Vietnam embassy;

Hope and Honor: A Memoir of a Soldier's Courage and Survival (Shachnow Sid)(Paperback)

Major General Sid Shachnow was more than a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran--receiving two silver and three bronze stars with V for Valor. He survived a crucible far crueler than the jungles of Vietnam: Nazi occupied Eastern Europe. As a child, he spent three years in the notorious Kovno

The Vietnam War (Hall Mitchell)(Paperback)

The Vietnam War examines this conflict from its origins up until North Vietnam's victory in 1975. Historian Mitchell K. Hall's lucid account is an ideal introduction to the key debates surrounding a war that remains controversial and disputed in American scholarship and collective memory.　 The

Vietnam War - An Intimate History (Ward Geoffrey C.)(Paperback / softback)

Mig-17/19 Aces of the Vietnam War (Toperczer Istvan)(Paperback)

World at War, 1944 (Osborne Mary Pope)(Paperback)

The first Magic Tree House(R) Super Edition--and Jack and Annie's most dangerous mission ever in the scariest time the world has ever known--World War II. With a longer story and additional facts and photographs, this is a thrilling adventure no reader will want to miss When the magic tree house

Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments (Rottman Gordon L.)(Paperback)

During the years of the Vietnam War, U.S. forces used three major types of equipment sets, with numerous modifications for particular circumstances. Different equipment was also used by Special Forces, the South Vietnamese, and other allied ground troops.Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments

A War for King and Empire: A Malcolm MacPhail WW1 novel (Duthie Darrell)(Paperback)

Early 1915. The most dangerous place on Earth.Malcolm MacPhail enlisted in the army to fight the Hun and get out of town - not necessarily in that order. Now he's arrived in the infamous Ypres Salient. It's pouring, he's up to his shins in mud and he's had his first terrifying acquaintance with the

Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War (Rasimus Ed)(Paperback)

Three Days in Vietnam (X Books: Total War): A Vet's Harrowing Story (Diconsiglio John)(Paperback)

Vietnam War marked a tragic period in U.S. history.High-interest topics, real stories, engaging design and astonishing photos are the building blocks of the XBooks, a new series of books designed to engage and motivate reluctant and enthusiastic readers alike. With topics based in science, history,

Vietnam - An Epic History of a Tragic War (Hastings Max)(Paperback / softback)

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War. Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (Fitzgerald Frances)(Paperback)

Frances FitzGerald's landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War, 'a compassionate and penetrating account of the collision of two societies that remain untranslatable to one another.' (New York Times Book Review) This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and

The Most Dangerous Game (Connell Richard)(Paperback)

The most dangerous game is a tense story pitting man against man and the hunted against the hunter. Sanger Rainsford falls from a yacht on route to Rio de Janeiro to hunt jaguars. He manages to swim to a nearby island, but there the hunter becomes the