Vietnam

Vietnam

by Nigel Cawthorne
Vietnam

Vietnam

by Nigel Cawthorne

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Overview

Vietnam was the first war America lost on the ground. In this fascinating account, historian Nigel Cawthorne traces the conflict from its inception to its traumatic end. He looks at the political events that led tot he war and examines its impact upon both the Americans and the Vietnamese, whose battle for the independence of their country was to leave lingering scars upon the American psyche. Vietnam: A War Lost and Won is an even-handed assessment of a conflict whose wounds would take a generation to heal.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788284257
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Publication date: 08/11/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 464,634
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Nigel Cawthorne is a graduate of University College, London, where he studied Physics before turning to writing as a career. He has been a writer and editor for over 35 years. He has written, contributed to and edited over 100 books. Nigel visited Vietnam with the legendary war photographer Tim Page to research material for his book The Bamboo Cage.

Nigel Cawthorne studied at University College, London, where he gained an Honours degree in Physics, before turning to writing as a career. He has been a writer and editor for over 25 years, the last 21 freelance. He has written, contributed to and edited more than sixty books, including Fighting Them On The Beaches: D-Day, 6 June 1944, The Battle of Britain, Vietnam: A War Lost and Won, Stalin, and The Story of the SS. His work has also appeared in over a hundred and fifty newspapers, magazines and partworks on both sides of the Atlantic - from the Sun to the Financial Times, and includes contributions to Nam, Eyewitness Nam and The Falklands War. Nigel also visited Vietnam with the legendary Tim Page, where he researched the material for Nam, Eyewitness Nam, and The Bamboo Cage. He is also the creator of websites on the Battle of Hastings, and Pearl Harbor.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Into the 'Nam 9

2 The Origins of the War 15

3 The War on the Ground 43

4 The Growing Commitment 69

5 The War in the Air 93

6 The Unwinnable War 113

7 The War at Home 141

8 The Collapse of Morale 167

9 The Expanding War 191

10 The Dominos Fall 211

Epilogue 226

Bibliography 237

Index 238

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