Vietnam's forgotten army : heroism and betrayal in the ARVN / Andrew Wiest.

  • Wiest, Andrew A
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[2008], ©2008
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New York : New York University Press, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

xviii, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Contents

Coming of age in a time of war -- A war transformed: battle, politics and the Americanization of the war, 1963-1966 -- Fighting two wars: years of attrition and pacification, 1966-1967 -- A time for heroes: the Tet Offensive -- After Tet: the year of hope -- Hamburger Hill: the untold story of the battle for Dong Ap Bia -- A war transformed: Vietnamization, 1969-1970 -- Shattered lives and broken dreams: Operation Lam Son 719 -- The making of a traitor -- Journeys home: life in the wake of a lost war.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-338) and index.

Reproduction note

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

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