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David and Lee Roy
A Vietnam Story
Inbunden, 2011
367 kr
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They were little more than boys in the turbulent 1960s when Lee Roy Herron and his high school buddy, David Nelson, signed up for Marine Corps officer training. Decisions during college took the pair in different directions—Lee Roy to the infantry, language school, and the cauldron of Vietnam, …
Hog's Exit
Jerry Daniels, the Hmong and the CIA
Häftad, 2013
462 kr
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Hog’s Exit explores the mysterious death in 1982 of Jerry “Hog” Daniels, a former CIA case officer to legendary Hmong leader General Vang Pao during the U.S.’s “secret war” in Laos. Drawing on first-person reminiscences of Daniels’s colorful life, Morrison also captures the drama and beauty of the …
Uphill Battle
Reflections on Viet Nam Counterinsurgency
Häftad, 2014
454 kr
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When the Viet Nam War ended, with the United States of America defeated, many wondered how a military powerhouse lost to a “raggedy-ass, little fourth-rate country,” as President Lyndon Johnson called North Viet Nam. Frank Scotton knew why. A young Foreign Service Officer assigned to Viet Nam in …
Vietnam Chronicles
The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972
Av Lewis Sorley
Häftad, 2015
449 kr
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During the four years General Creighton W. Abrams was commander in Vietnam, he and his staff made more than 455 tape recordings of briefings and meetings. In 1994, with government approval, Lewis Sorley began transcribing and analyzing the tapes. Sorley’s laborious, time-consuming effort has …
Social Order of Postconflict Transformation in Cambodia
Insurgent Pathways to Peace
Av Daniel Bultmann, Sunil Kukreja
Inbunden, 2018
1208 kr
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Drawing on data from three different insurgent groups within the Cambodian conflict, the book shows how the social backgrounds of combatants and commanders cause them to pursue different strategies during a decade-long transition into various postconflict settings, thereby creating different …
Southeast Asia and Environmental Sustainability in Context
Inbunden, 2019
1136 kr
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This volume features a set of distinct, compelling, and intentionally disparate case studies that shed much needed attention on the varied ways in which local cultural, social, and political dynamics inform and mitigate the veritable roadmap toward palpable and meaningful progress with respect to …
Emerging Dynamics in Contemporary India–Malaysia Relations
Av Ravichandran Moorthy, Sarjit S. Gill
Inbunden, 2023
995 kr
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The primary goal of this book is to capture the many facets of Malaysia-India bilateral relations from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Relations between these countries are significant because they have shared ethnoreligious and sociocultural bonds through trade, conquest, and …
Martial Arts in Indonesian Cinema and Television
Pencak Silat, Mediation, and Mediatization
Av Patrick Keilbart, Sunil Kukreja
Inbunden, 2021
1607 kr
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This book studies the Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat and related media practices, and, building on that, assesses mediatization processes, meaning the potential influence of technology-based media practices. Pencak Silat represents a cultural system of values and beliefs, with hierarchical …
Emerging Dynamics in Contemporary India–Malaysia Relations
Av Ravichandran Moorthy, Sarjit S. Gill
Häftad, 2025
416 kr
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The primary goal of this book is to capture the many facets of Malaysia-India bilateral relations from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Relations between these countries are significant because they have shared ethnoreligious and sociocultural bonds through trade, conquest, and …
Challenges Facing Integration in Southeast Asia
Reflections on ASEAN Community Initiatives
Inbunden, 2027
1266 kr
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The edited volume investigates the 'issues and challenges' of the ASEAN Community initiatives. This initiative is a regional integration project that began in 2015 and involves all ten ASEAN nations. Through this project, ASEAN leaders envision a region that is peaceful, stable, and resilient …
Vietnam War
An Assessment by South Vietnam's Generals
Av Lewis Sorley
Häftad, 2010
670 kr
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Soon after the end of the Vietman War, memories of loss still fresh, top military leaders of defeated South Vietnam recorded their observations in a series of publications sponsored by the U.S. Center of Military History. Insightful and poignant, unaltered and unedited by the CMH, their distinctive …
Fragging
Why U.S. Soldiers Assulted Their Officers in Vietnam
Av George Lepre
Inbunden, 2011
410 kr
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During its long withdrawal from South Vietnam, the U.S. military experienced a serious crisis in morale. Chronic indiscipline, illegal drug use, and racial militancy all contributed to trouble within the ranks. But most chilling of all was the advent of a new phenomenon: large numbers of young …
Mayaguez Incident
Testing America’s Resolve in the Post-Vietnam Era
Inbunden, 2011
468 kr
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On May 12, 1975, just days after the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, the American merchant cargo ship SS Mayaguez was seized by the Cambodian Khmer Rouge in international waters. President Gerald Ford—the first (and only) non-elected president of the United States—found himself in the midst …
Vietnam Labyrinth
Allies, Enemies, and Why the U.S. Lost the War
Av Tran Ngoc Chau, Ken Fermoyle
Inbunden, 2012
483 kr
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One of the few Vietnamese Army officers who also saw substantial service in Ho Chi Minh’s National Liberation Army against the French, Tran Ngoc Chau made a momentous and difficult decision after five years with the Viet Minh: he changed sides.Although his brother Tran Ngoc Hien remained loyal to …
Charlie One Five
A Marine Company's Vietnam War
Inbunden, 2013
468 kr
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Warr’s combat history of the illustrious 1st Battalion, 5th Marines—relating their very human and often painful stories--is drawn from many years of research, the author’s personal memories, careful study of historical records. Despite the hardships of dealing with exotic countryside, extreme …
Uphill Battle
Reflections on Viet Nam Counterinsurgency
Inbunden, 2014
987 kr
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When the Viet Nam War ended, with the United States of America defeated, many wondered how a military powerhouse lost to a “raggedy-ass, little fourth-rate country,” as President Lyndon Johnson called North Viet Nam. Frank Scotton knew why. A young Foreign Service Officer assigned to Viet Nam in …
Path to a Lonely War
A Naval Hospital Corpsman with the Marines in Vietnam, 1965
Inbunden, 2016
364 kr
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Having just turned eighteen and graduated from high school, and living in small-town Nebraska with nothing much to do, young Dick Schaefer joined the Navy on impulse, hoping that by choosing his branch of the military he would have some measure of control over his future. Not fully aware of the …
