The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War
Over 40 Definitive Accounts from America's Longest War
$34.40
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2015
Summary
By 1969, following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, over 500,000 US troops were in country in Vietnam. Before America s longest war had ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975, 450,000 Vietnamese had died, along with 36,000 Americans. The Vietnam War was the first rock n roll war, the first helicopter war with its doctrine of airmobility , and the first television war; it made napalm and the defoliant Agent Orange infamous, and gave us the New Journalism of Michael Herr and others. It also s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472116062 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472116062 |
| Author: | Jon E. Lewis |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Mammoth Books |
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About The Author
Jon E. Lewis
Jon E. Lewis is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day, Voices from the Holocaust, The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire.
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