The signing of the Paris Agreement in 1973 ended not only America's Vietnam War but also Richard Nixon's best laid plans. After years of secret negotiations, threats of massive …
Americans have fought two prolonged battles over Vietnamone in southeast Asia and one, ongoing even now, at homeover whether the war was unnecessary, unjust, and unwinnable. …
Timothy Lomperis knows the Vietnam War, both as a soldier and as a scholar. In the latter role he has published extensively, including The War Everyone Lostand Won, hailed as one …
Often portrayed as an inept and stubborn tyrant, South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem has long been the subject of much derision but little understanding. Philip Catton's …
What was for the United States a struggle against creeping Communism in Southeast Asia was for the people of North Vietnam a "e;great patriotic war"e; that saw its eventual …
War breeds myths, especially those made up by the vanquished to explain or soften their loss. Occasionally the myths of the defeated center on prisoners of war (POWs) and those …
The Psychological War for Vietnam, 1960–1968, for the first time fully explores the most sustained, intensive use of psychological operations (PSYOP) in American history. In PSYOP, …
Black smoke drifted about the scene. The first thing I noticed was the huge crater yawning next to the damaged truck.In the Vietnam War, American “rough riders” drove trucks …
Late in 1967, American officials and military officers pushed an optimistic view of the Vietnam War. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) said that the war was being won, …
War breeds myths, especially those made up by the vanquished to explain or soften their loss. Occasionally the myths of the defeated center on prisoners of war (POWs) and those …
