This collection is a comprehensive treatment of the entire history of American combat photography, ranging from the American Civil War through to Desert Storm.
Examines the military and political events, battles, campaigns, and leaders of World War II in China, Burma, and India
An account of the aircraft, pilots, tactics, and results of the three-month Battle of Britain in 1940
Noted observers including Thomas Lippman and Stanley Karnow provide candid portraits and critical analyses of the war in Vietnam.
Fresh revelations drawn from secret documents and interviews with the participants clarify the ordeal of the Vietnam War Published as a companion volume to Vietnam, a television history. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1983.
This study of American involvement in Vietnam analyzes the ultimate failure of the war and examines its impact on US foreign policy. It seeks to place American involvement in Vietnam in historical perspective and to offer answers to several important questions.
The author portrays American participation in the Vietnam War as the logical culmination of the containment policy that began under Harry Truman in the late 1940's. Also his portrayal of the complex challenge that Vietnam posed for the United States and the varied responses it evoked from American people & leaders
Content : - The physical setting - Long An at peace, 1954-1955 - Preparations for war, 1956-1959 - War comes to Long An, 1960-1965 - Lessons from Long An : an analytic review - Ignoring the lessons : the American war in Long An - From war to what?