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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 612 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Description
"More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Description
"Filled with more than 500 photographs, The Vietnam War tells the story of Vietnam through powerful images; profiles of the war's most influential figures, such as Henry Kissinger and Pol Pot; and a complete overview of the conduct, strategies, and events in this controversial war, including Ho Chi Minh's rise to power, the Geneva conference, America's intervention, and the Christmas bombings. Gallery spreads feature collections of infantry weapons,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
419 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"A long-awaited new novel from a National Book Award Finalist, the epic story of a restless young man who is captured during the Vietnam War and pressed into service for a clandestine branch of the United States government. A small boy speaking an unknown language is abandoned by his father at an international airport, with only the clothes on his back and a handful of money jammed in the pocket of his coat. So begins The Volunteer. But in order to...
6) Platoon
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vietnam war drama which begins with a depiction of the brutality of Marine Corps training and then shifts to Vietnam, focusing mainly on a group of Marines responding to the Tet Offensive of 1968.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of LTC John Paul Vann (Paxton) and his work as a military and civilian advisor in Vietnam over a ten year period (1962-72) until his death in an accidental helicopter crash. As a military advisor, Vann attempted to fight corruption in the Vietnamese army, recognizing the need to build trust among the Vietnamese peasantry. When his recommendations were ignored by the U.S. military, he exposed falsified battle reports and other deceptions...
Author
Formats
Description
"In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically...
12) The Green Berets
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Description
A cynical reporter who is opposed to the Vietnam War is sent to cover the conflict and assigned to tag along with a group of Green Berets. Led by the tough-as-nails Col. Mike Kirby, the team is given a top-secret mission to sneak behind enemy lines and kidnap an important Viet Cong commander. Along the way, the reporter learns to respect why America is involved in the war and helps to save the life of a war orphan whose life has been destroyed by...
Author
Publisher
Fortis
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"The author and every male member of his immediate family served in the Vietnam war. In 1988, his older brother, Elmo, died from Agent Orange-related cancers linked to his service as a Swift Boat commander during the Vietnam war. In a bitter irony, it was the actions of his father, Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., in ordering the spraying of Agent Orange when he commanded all US naval forces in Vietnam that sealed his brother's fate. People react differently...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 355 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This duel feature includes Apocalypse Now (1979) and Apocalypse Now Redux (2001), plus over 2 hours of new bonus materials, including commentaries, rare, unseen footage and more!
15) The deer hunter
Formats
Description
Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress.
16) Villa incognito
Author
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
7 CDs (ca. 7 hr. 43 min.) : analog, Dolby processed.
Description
American MIAs choose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. Four generations of strong, alluring women share a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore.
18) In country
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatic portrayal of a reclusive war vet and his 17-year-old niece as they struggle to heal the wounds of Vietnam.
19) I, sniper
Author
Series
Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 6
Formats
Description
Special Agent Nick Memphis enlists the help of retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger to unravel a sophisticated conspiracy involving the deaths of four famed '60s radicals--a conspiracy that would require the highest level of warcraft by the most superb special operations professionals.
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