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Vietnam and America: A Documented History by Marvin E. Gettleman Publisher Comments No single event since World War II has marked this country's foreign policy and national image as deeply as did the war in Vietnam. Vietnam and America is a complete history of that war, as documented in essays by leading experts and in original source... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper 
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A bright shining lie :John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheenan Publisher Comments Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam. From the Trade Paperback edition.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars by Andrew X Pham Publisher Comments From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son’s searing memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars. The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed Andrew Pham’s debut, Catfish and Mandala:... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung Publisher Comments From a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit. Until the age of five, Lounge Ung... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars by Andrew X Pham Publisher Comments One of the Ten Best Books of the Year, Washington Post Book World One of the Los Angeles Times' Favorite Books of the Year One of the Top Ten National Books of 2008, Portland Oregonian A 2009 Honor Book of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Inside the Lrrps: Rangers in Vietnam by Michael Lee Lanning Publisher Comments The LRRP--Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols--worked in small groups, hiding in enemy territory where they lay ambushes, seized prisoners and tapped communications. Here is their story--how they were trained, what equipment they used, and how they... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace : the Diary of Dang Thuy Tram (07 Edition) by Dang Thuy Tram Publisher Comments At the age of twenty-four, Dang Thuy Tram volunteered to serve as a doctor in a National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) battlefield hospital in the Quang Ngai Province. Two years later she was killed by American forces not far from where she worked... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Hardcover
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Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia: Documentation, Denial, and Justice in Cambodia and East Timor by Ben (edt) Kiernan Synopsis Two modern cases of genocide and extermination began in Southeast Asia in the same year. Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, and Indonesian forces occupied East Timor from 1975 to 1999. This book examines the horrifi c... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him Synopsis A Cambodian survivor unrolls the reels of her memory to deliver this heart-wrenching memoir of growing up under the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge and trekking through the "killing fields" of rudimentary labor camps. Photos.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram by Dang Thuy Tram Publisher Comments “Remarkable. . . . A gift from a heroine who was killed at twenty-seven but whose voice has survived to remind us of the humanity and decency that endure amid—and despite—the horror and chaos of war.” —Francine Prose, O, The... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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East Timor's Unfinished Struggle: Inside the Timorese Resistance by Constancio Pinto Publisher Comments The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the principal international spokesperson for the Timorese independence movement, Jose Ramos-Horta and to Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, the spiritual leader of most of the people of East Timor. The Nobel citation honored... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe Publisher Comments A heartbreaking tale, told with lyricism, affection and insight.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Decision Against War: Eisenhower and Dien Bien Phu, 1954 (Contemporary American History Series) by Melanie Billings-yun Book News Annotation An examination of Dien Bien Phu and Eisenhower's decision not to become involved--a decision which forced presidents to deal with Vietnam for the next 20 years. An interesting little book about a forgotten turning point in history. Extensive... (read more) Your price: $92.50 New - Hardcover
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Vietnam Above the Treetops: A Forward Air Controller Reports by John F. Flanagan Publisher Comments This is a unique and vivid account of combat service in Vietnam by an Air Force Academy graduate. John F. Flanagan was a first lieutenant and served as a forward air controller-flying single-engine spotter planes during the 1966 escalation stages of the... (read more) Your price: $32.50 New - Trade Paper
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California Series in Public Anthropology #11: Why Did They Kill?: Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide by Alexander Laban Hinton Publisher Comments Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. "Why Did They Kill? "is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In... (read more) Your price: $29.50 New - Trade Paper
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Cheating Death: Combat Air Rescues in Vietnam and Laos by George J Marrett Publisher Comments That was the pilots' creed. They flew low and slow, at treetop level, at night, in monsoons, and in point-blank range of enemy guns and missiles. They accepted missions no one else wanted, and they were the heroes other pilots prayed for when shot down... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Vietnam the Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict by Michael Lind Publisher Comments What went wrong in Vietnam? Michael Lind casts new light on one of the most contentious episodes in American history in this controversial bestseller. In this groundgreaking reinterpretation of America's most disatrous and controversial war, Michael Lind... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.96 Used - Trade Paper
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In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History by David Joel Steinberg Publisher Comments In Search of Southeast Asia explores the creative process by which Southeast Asians have been adapting their cultures to a world in change. Influences such as climate and ecology, science and technology are linked to the economic, social, political, and... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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Covert Ops: The CIA's Secret War in Laos by James E. Parker, Jr. Publisher Comments Uncommon war. Uncommon bonds. In 1972, U.S. soldiers battle the North Vietnamese. Behind the headlines, a secret war rages in Laos. Sky, a close knit cadre of daredevil CIA agents, spearheads a daring operation. These gutsy secret agents direct a... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances Fitzgerald Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-485) and index.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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