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By the mid-1960s ever-larger numbers of US troops poured into South Vietnam. Until this time American involvement was dominated by US air power which struck at North Vietnam. However, after several attacks on US airbases it was decided that more protection was required. It seemed that the South Vietnamese were incapable of providing adequate security. March 1965 saw the beginning of the American ground war when 3,500 Marines were dispatched to South...
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During the Vietnam War the US had superior firepower and mobility. However, the Communist forces were prepared to accept great losses, while the US population was becoming increasingly disaffected by the rising casualty rate of their own forces, and the growing credibility gap between what they were being told by their government and what the media was reporting from South Vietnam.
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The Linebacker strategic bombing offensive finally drove the North Vietnamese to the negotiating table and an accord was reached for the departure of the US forces. The USA was mightily relieved to be free of this commitment, but its failure in the Vietnam War was a body blow to US cohesion and belief in itself.
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The anti-Communist government of South Vietnam sought American aid, and this grew steadily from technical support, weapons, and equipment, to the initial limited involvement of US forces to protect American interests. This opened the floodgates, and by the mid-1960s ever-larger numbers of US troops poured into South Vietnam as US air power struck at North Vietnam.
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The Vietnam War constitutes a defining moment in modern history. Starting from a time soon after the Japanese surrender in 1945, at the end of the Second World War, and lasting to the North Vietnamese conquest of South Vietnam in 1975 to re-create a unified Vietnamese state, the war pitted the Communists of Vietnam, against a number of opponents. Those included first the French and second the South Vietnamese and Americans, the latter supported by...
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The Vietnam War story must be told by the Vietnamese. This book focuses on the combat strategies, tactics applied by involved parties, and how the challenges were solved during the big battles throughout the Vietnam War in the first phase. By reading this book, you will have a better understanding of Vietnam history, its culture, and its people; you will also learn the answer to the question of why the French-and then the Americans-failed in their...
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Vietnam War volume 5
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The riveting story of the final American evacuation of Saigon in the last few weeks of April 1975, which culminated in the largest US helicopter rescue in history as US Marines saved almost 7,000 people.
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Vietnam War volume 1
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The Vietnam War brought America to its knees, at the cost of 58,000 American lives. It was a course chartered by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, but it quickly became known as Lyndon Johnson's war.
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Vietnam War volume 4
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On the first day of the Tet (lunar New Year) truce, North Vietnamese forces launched a surprise attack, their biggest offensive of the war.
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Vietnam War volume 6
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No battle in the 10 years of the Vietnam War received more agonized attention from home front America and its leaders than did the siege of Khe Sanh. The 77-day siege was a political chess game--with the lives of unsung heroes as pawns for sacrifice.
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Vietnam was indeed a dark and curious place during the war. Conflict raged in the crowded cities and isolated countryside where innocent people, both young and old, perished under the most indiscriminate and unfortunate circumstances. Follow members of a U.S. Navy physical security unit as the men patrol streets and highways in and around Da Nang, providing protection at American-controlled interests, Navy cargo piers, and vehicle routes. Experience...
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The author discusses the three Axioms in the dominant interpretation of the U. S. -Vietnam War that were established by the invisible permanent government right after the National Security Council meeting on September 21, 1960. They are: - There was never a legitimate non-communist government in Saigon (dissolution GVN) - The U. S. had no legitimate reason to be involved in Vietnamese affairs (Tonkin-Gulf-Incident) - The U. S. could not have won the...
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The author discusses the three Axioms in the dominant interpretation of the U. S. -Vietnam War that were established by the invisible permanent government right after the National Security Council meeting on September 21, 1960. They are: - There was never a legitimate non-communist government in Saigon (dissolution GVN) - The U. S. had no legitimate reason to be involved in Vietnamese affairs (Tonkin-Gulf-Incident) - The U. S. could not have won the...
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