Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers. This author flew the UH-1 Iroquois in the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion of the First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most highly decorated units in the Vietnam …
"Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers. But these "rotor heads" saved thousands of American lives while performing what the Army classified as the most dangerous job it had to offer. One in eighteen did not return home." "…
A helicopter pilot's dramatic memoir.
"General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high "body counts" through a "big unit war" that relied almost solely on search and destroy m…
"General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high "body counts" through a "big unit war" that relied almost solely on search and destroy m…
"General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high "body counts" through a "big unit war" that relied almost solely on search and destroy m…
Allies at Odds examines America's Vietnam policy from 1961 to 1968 in an international context by focusing on the United States relationship with its European partners France, West Germany, and Great Britain. The European response to America's Vietnam policy provides a framework…
Tells the stopry of the Green Berets, the U.S. Army Special Forces who fought in the Viet Nam Conflict.
"Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy Zahn's Snake Pilot recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War. First deployed in Vietnam in 1967 and loaded with a formidable arsenal of weaponry, the Cobra was …
Flies the reader into combat with the same elite air cavalry unit portrayed in the film Apocalypse Now.
The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America's worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame?from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam's surrender on 30 April 1975?has eluded us. Black April …
"Explores various perspectives on the Vietnam War and those involved in it. The reader's choices reveal the historical details"--
This resource examines how the Vietnam War has continued to serve as a stage for the shoring up of American imperialist adventure and for the (re)production of American and Vietnamese American identities. Focusing on the politics of war memory and commemoration, this book retheo…