The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War

by Jon E. Lewis

Book Overview

By 1969, following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, over 500,000 US troops were ?in country? in Vietnam. Before America's longest war had ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975, 450,000 Vietnamese had died, along with 36,000 Americans. The Vietnam War was the first rock ?n? roll war, the first helicopter war with its doctrine of ?airmobility?, and the first television war; it made napalm and the defoliant Agent Orange infamous, and gave us the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472116062
• ISBN13: 9781472116062
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Constable & Robinson
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.9" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary