Vietnam's Forgotten Army : : Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN / / Andrew Wiest.
2009 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for BiographyVietnam’s Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN chronicles the lives of Pham Van Dinh and Tran Ngoc Hue, two of the brightest young stars in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Both men fought with valor in a...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface:Welcome to America
- Introduction: Welcome to Vietnam
- 1. Coming of Age in a Time of War
- 2. A War Transformed: Battle, Politics, and the Americanization of the War, 1963–1966
- 3. Fighting Two Wars: Years of Attrition and Pacification, 1966–1967
- 4. A Time for Heroes: The Tet Offensive
- 5. After Tet: The Year of Hope
- 6. Hamburger Hill: The Untold Story of the Battle for Dong Ap Bia
- 7. A War Transformed: Vietnamization, 1969–1970
- 8. Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams: Operation Lam Son 719
- 9. The Making of a Traitor
- 10. Journeys Home: Life in the Wake of a Lost War
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author