Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 279 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813139651
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0813125928
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0813173868
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1282937715
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9780813139654
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9780813125923
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9780813173863
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9781282937710
Inhalt:
The Vietnam War's influence on politics, foreign policy, and subsequent military campaigns is the center of much debate and analysis. But the impact on veterans across the globe, as well as the war's effects on individual lives and communities, is a largely neglected issue. As a consequence of cultural and legal barriers, the oral histories of the Vietnam War currently available in English are predictably one-sided, providing limited insight into the inner workings of the Communist nations that participated in the war. Furthermore, many of these accounts focus on combat experiences rather than
Inhalt:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Maps; List of Photographs; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Long War; Part One -- A Country Divided; 1. A Buddhist Soldier Defends a Catholic Government; 2. Surviving the Bloody Jungle; 3. Electronic Reconnaissance vs. Guerrillas; 4. Communist Regulars from the North; 5. People's War against Americans; 6. No Final Victory, No Family Life; Part Two -- Hanoi's Comrades; 7. Russian Missile Officers in Vietnam; 8. The Dragon's Tale: Chinese Troops in the Jungle
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Li, Xiaobing, 1954- Voices from the Vietnam War Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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