The Vietnam War: An Almanac

520 Pages·1985·88.65 MB·English

by  Fox Butterfield

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Ten years after the fall of Saigon in
April 1975, a renewed interest in the
VietnamWarisemerging. Profe
historians, scholars, political scien-
tists, militaryspecialists, andevenhigh
school students are all examining the
war. Whatwasonceaforbiddentopic is
now being brought to light in articles,
memoirs, films, novels and television
The Vietnam War: An Almanac is an
easily accessible, straightforwardchro-
nologyofthewar, whichcanbe usedas
astarting point foranyone who is inter-
ested in that unfinished conflict and the
part played by the United States in the
history of Southeast Asia. The thou-
sand-year-longstruggleforVietnamese
autonomy is revealed in a day-by-day
account from earliest history to the
present.
Over one hundred and fifty illustra-
tions, plus a color supplement high-
lighting the US involvement, amplify
the text which also includes briefbiog-
raphies ofmore than sixty ofthe major
political and military figures - Ameri-
can, French, SouthandNorthVietnam-
ese. Topical essays by experts on
weapons andtactics are also included.
The Vietnam War: An Almanac will be
an invaluable resource, notonly forthe
historian, writerand teacher, but forall
whoseektounderstandaneraandawar
thatdivided ourcountry, and has yet to
be won.
The Vietnam war: an almanac
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VIETNAM
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VIETNAM
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AN ALMANAC
INTRODUCTION BY FOX BUTTERFIELD
GENERAL EDITOR JOHN BOWMAN
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Copyright 1985byBisonBooksCorporation
Firstpublishedin1985
Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybe
reproducedinanyformorbyanymeanswithout
permissioninwritingfromthepublisher.
DistributedintheUnitedStatesbyBallantine
Books,adivisionofRandomHouse,Inc.,andin
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION vii THENAVALWARINVIETNAM 425
by Fox Butterfield by Antony Preston
CHRONOLOGY 11 IRREGULAR FORCES OF THE
THEPRICEOFWAR 357 VIETNAMWAR 439
by Kevin Generous
LAND FORCES IN VIETNAM AND
THEIRWEAPONS 361 BIOGRAPHIES 471
by Ian V Hogg BIBLIOGRAPHY 506
AIRFORCESINVIETNAM 391 INDEX 508
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