Vietnam's forgotten army : heroism and betrayal in the ARVN /

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Author / Creator:	Wiest, Andrew A.
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, c2008.
Description:	xviii, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Pham, Van Dinh, -- 1937- Tran, Ngoc Hue, -- 1942- Pham, Van Dinh, -- 1937- Tran, Ngoc Hue, -- 1942- Vietnam (Republic). -- Quân lục -- Officers -- Biography. Vietnam (Republic). -- Quân lục -- History. Vietnam (Republic). -- Quân lực. Vietnam War (1961-1975) Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Biography. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Armed Forces -- Officers. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6659510

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ISBN:	9780814794104 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814794106 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-338) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface: Welcome to America
Introduction: Welcome to Vietnam
1. Coming of Age in a Time of War
2. A War Transformed: Battle, Politics, and the Americanization of the War, 1963-1966
3. Fighting Two Wars: Years of Attrition and Pacification, 1966-1967
4. A Time for Heroes: The Tet Offensive
5. After Tet: The Year of Hope
6. Hamburger Hill: The Untold Story of the Battle for Dong Ap Bia
7. A War Transformed: Vietnamization, 1969-1970
8. Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams: Operation Lam Son 719
9. The Making of a Traitor
10. Journeys Home: Life in the Wake of a Lost War
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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