“I WAS AMONG THE FIRST MEN IN, AND I WAS THE LAST MAN OUT.”In Vietnam, at both the start and finish of the conflict, 2d Lt. James E. Parker Jr. saw the war as few men did. Now, with uncommon insight and raw honesty, he captures the stark realities of jungle combat, heavy casualties, and heroic sacrifice. From the tight confines of a VC-occupied Cu Chi tunnel to bloody firefights in areas that hardcore VC and NVA vets had controlled [...]
Category Archives: Vietnam
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Outlaws in Vietnam
Ride a Huey with the Outlaws of the 175th Aviation Company (AML) in the Mekong Delta and experience a first-hand, first Lieutenant’s account, of a tour in Vietnam from 1966-1967. Eastman’s lively prose reveals an exciting untold story of camaraderie, competence and fellowship. The aviation units were the sole combat element of the U.S. Army that kept their discipline andSale Price: Read More
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The Vietnam War: A Concise International History
Hailed as a “pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic” (Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history. Drawing upon the latest research in archives in China, Russia, and Vietnam, Mark Lawrence creates an extraordinary, panoramic view of all sides of the war. His narrative begins well before American forces set foot in Vietnam, delving into French colonialism’s contribution to the 1945 Vietnamese revolution,Sale Price: Read More
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LIGHT CASUALTIES: A Private War – VIETNAM 1968
This is the story of a young man drafted in the largest call in U.S. history to fight a shadowy enemy halfway across the globe for reasons that were never fully understood.The events in this narrative are real. Names have been changed and some characters are composites. Concerning events reported by hearsay accounts: In the Army there is a saying, “Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.”The private’s world in the Army is not one [...]
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America at War Megaset (Slimline) DVD Set
Description: In the America At War DVD Megaset (Slimline), examine U.S. conflict from the first shots at Lexington to the state-of-the-art weapons used in the war on Iraq. See the comprehensive account of the American Revolution, the Alamo, the Civil War, two World Wars and more, by noted historians, engineers, military authorities, and war correspondents. These America at War documentaries DVDs feature an arsenal of archival film and documents as they bring you the true story, not often found in [...]
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What It Is Like to Go to War
From the author of the award-winning, best-selling novel Matterhorn, comes a brilliant nonfiction book about warIn 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of a platoon of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. Marlantes survived, but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the last forty years dealing with his war experience. In What It Is Like to Go [...]
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Very Crazy, G.I.!: Strange but True Stories of the Vietnam War
AMERICAN BOYS AT WAR IN VIETNAM–AND INVOLVED IN INCIDENTS YOU WON’T FIND IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVESIn this compelling, highly unusual collection of amazing but true stories, U.S. soldiers reveal fantastic, almost unbelievable events that occurred in places ranging from the deadly Central Highlands to the Cong-infested Mekong Delta.”Finders Keepers” became the sacred byword for one exhausted recon team who stumbled upon a fortune worth more than $500,000–and managed, with a little AmericanSale Price: Read More
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Across The Fence: The Secret War In Vietnam
For eight years, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, American Green Berets fought a deadly secret war in Laos and Cambodia under the aegis of the top secret Military Assistance Command Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group, or SOG.Go deep into the jungle with five SOG warriors surrounded by 10,000 enemy troops as they stack up the dead to build a human buttress for protection. Witness a Green Beret, shot in the back four [...]
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War (The Politically Incorrect Guides)
The Vietnam War was a tragic and dismal failureat least that is what the mainstream media and history books would have you believe. Yet, Phillip Jennings sets the record straight in The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to the Vietnam War. In this latest P.I.G.”, Jennings shatters culturally-accepted myths and busts politically incorrect lies that liberal pundits and leftist professors have been telling you for years. The Vietnam War was the most importantand successfulcampaign toSale Price: Read More
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Cherries : A Vietnam War Novel
It’s 1970 – they’re 18 years old – drafted and trained by the Army Infantry for five months – sent to Vietnam with others their age to fight in an unpopular war – dubbed “Cherries” by their more seasoned peers – nothing had prepared them for this nightmare – forced to become men overnight – working hard to learn the ropes and earn the acceptance and trust of fellow soldiers. Once they come under fire and witness death firsthand, a [...]
