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Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam by H.R. McMaster Dereliction of Duty is a groundbreaking analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Meticulously researched and based on transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations, and decisions, it… Read more about this item

No Wider War: A History of the Vietnam War, Volume 2, 1965-75 by Sergio Miller On March 8, 1965, 3/9 Battalion Landing Team of the U.S. Marine Corps came ashore on a South Vietnamese beach at Da Nang to "conduct security missions, reconnaissance operations, and offensive/defensive operations as directed." This was the first deployment of American ground combat forces and, although… Read more about this item

In Good Faith: A History of the Vietnam War, Volume 1, 1945 - 1965 by Sergio Miller American involvement in Vietnam was more a matter of unfolding accident than deliberate strategy. Washington was first drawn in to support France in its postwar bid to reestablish French Indochina as a bulwark against communism. But with the growth of nationalist sentiment in the… Read more about this item

Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam by Brian Van DeMark THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the young stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite millions of words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able… Read more about this item

Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War by James Wright THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. The Vietnam War is largely recalled as a mistake, either in the decision to engage there or in the nature of the engagement, or both. Veterans of the war remain largely anonymous figures, accomplices in the mistake. Critically recounting the… Read more about this item

Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945 - 1975 by Max Hastings THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the last three years interviewing scores of participants on… Read more about this item

Drawn Swords in a Distant Land: South Vietnam's Shattered Dreams by George J. Veith Drawn Swords in a Distant Land showcases the fascinating, untold story of the rise and fall of the Republic of Vietnam. Putting aside outdated ideological debates, it offers the first in-depth review of the South Vietnamese successes and failures in building and defending their state. Drawn Swords… Read more about this item

A Noble Cause: American Battlefield Victories in Vietnam by Douglas Niles Celebrating the skill and bravery of the United States armed forces and their South Vietnamese allies, A Noble Cause presents a gripping chronicle of both large-and small-unit successful combat engagements, including the Battle of Ia Drang Valley (1965), the first major ground battle of the Vietnam War; the Battle of… Read more about this item