Vietnam War
Title:
River Warfare in Vietnam: a Social, Political, and Military History, 1945-1975
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Book Description:
River Warfare in the Vietnam War River Warfare in Vietnam: A Political, Social and Military History, 1945–1975 by Andrew Wiest examines the vital role of rivers and waterways throughout the Vietnam War. Drawing on historical research, official military records, firsthand accounts, and political analysis, the […]
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Examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer’s Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Although the Iliad was written 27 centuries ago, it has much to teach about combat trauma, as do the more recent, compelling voices and […]
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Doris Kearns Goodwin’s classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War, and other defining moments the tumultuous 1960s, is a monument in political biography. From the moment the author, then a young woman from Harvard, first encountered President Johnson […]
