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Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited
by Wiest, Andrew
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 184603020X
- ISBN 13
- 9781846030208
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Osprey Publishing, 2006. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, thicker, heavy book, quality black cloth, very bright silver lettering on spine, map inside covers and adjacent end papers of Southeast Asia, 336 heavy glossy pages, photos throughout. DJ glossy beneath mylar, a haunting color photo of jungle patrol also reflected in the water on front, praise from Tim O'Brien at top front and back with others. DJ has very light wear to back tips. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
Dr Andrew Wiest is Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi and is also the founding director of the Center for the Study of War and Society. After attending the University of Southern Mississippi for his undergraduate and masters degrees, Dr Wiest went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1990. Specializing in the study of World War I and Vietnam, he has served as a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Warfighting Strategy in the United States Air Force Air War College. Since 1992 Dr Wiest has been active in international education, developing the award-winning Vietnam Study Abroad Program. A widely published author, Wiest's titles include Vietnam's Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN (New York University), which won the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award; America and the Vietnam War (Routledge); Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land (Osprey); and Passchendaele and the Royal Navy (Greenwood Press). Additionally Dr Wiest has appeared in and consulted on several historical documentaries for the History Channel, Granada Television, PBS, the BBC, and for Lucasfilm. Wiest lives in Hattiesburg with his wife Jill and their three children Abigail, Luke and Wyatt. The author lives in Hattiesburg, MS.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46911
- Title
- Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited
- Author
- Wiest, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 184603020X
- ISBN 13
- 9781846030208
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Keywords
- War-Vietnam Vietnam
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vietnam Conflict;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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