An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War. Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of...

The Vietnam Experience, Volume 7 - Richard Milhous Nixon, elected to office on November 5, claiming to have a "secret plan to end the war," knew that his political future could hinge on preventing Johnson's war from becoming Nixon's war. Developments In Southeast Asia, however, seened to belie the the president. They indicated not just more fighting but a widened battle into Cambodia.

"The multigenerational tale of the Tr© ||n family, set against the backdrop of the Vi|̀|t Nam War. Tr© ||n Di|̀|u Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in H© N|̀|i, her young granddaughter, H¡ʻ¡Łng, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the H|̀| Ch©Ư Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will...

The Vietnam Experience, Volume17 - Some of the most vivid reflections of Vietnam came in the remarkable stream of books written by those who fought in or observed the war at close hand. One of those writers is Robert Stone. He covered the combat in 1971. Mr. Stone was invited to write the text for this volume, adding his powerful word images to the portfolio of photographs selected by our picture editors and researchers. Together, they assemble many...

The Vietnam Experience, Volume 21 - Official records and new interviews recount the history of the activities of the United States forces stationed in Vietnam from 1954 to 1975.

The Vietnam Experience, Volume 8 - Not only was Vietnam America's longest war. It was also the most photographed. A veritable army of photographers from around the world focused their still, cinema and TV cameras on South and North Vietnam and showered many millions of images onto the public consciousness. Uninhibited by censorship and free to venture wherever their courage or their competitiveness took them, photographers covering the South Vietnamese...

The Vietnam Experience, Volume 20 - Chronicles the legacy of the Vietnamese War for Vietnam, its neighbors, and the United States during the ten years after the war.

The lives of Skip Sands, a spy-in-training engaged in psychological operations against the Vietcong, and brothers Bill and James Houston, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war, intertwine in a novel of America during the Vietnam War

Presents opposing viewpoints on various aspects of the Vietnam War, including the reasons for American involvement, the failure of United States policy there, and the effects on veterans

The Vietnam Exoerience, Volume 15 - Describes the Paris peace agreement signed in 1972 and the rapid changes in political fortunes in Southeast Asia during the two years which followed.