Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars - Memoirs of a Victim Turned Soldier

Informationen zum Autor Nguyen Công Luan Klappentext This honest and impassioned account is filled with the everyday heroism of the common people of his generation. Zusammenfassung A singular account of life in Viet Nam during half a century of war Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Major General David T. Zabecki Preface A Note on Vietnamese Names Part 1. A Grain of Sand 1. A Morning of Horror 2. My Early Years and Education 3. 1945: The Year of Drastic Events 4. On the Way to War Part 2. The War of Resistance 5. Take Up Arms! 6. My Dark Years in War Begin 7. Between Hammer and Anvil 8. The Shaky Peace 9. Bloodier Battles 10. The Geneva Accords 11. The Year of Changes Part 3. The Cogwheel 12. To Be a Soldier 13. Progress and Signs of Instability 14. Mounting Pressure 15. The Limited War 16. The Year of the (Crippled) Dragon 17. On the Down Slope 18. Hearts and Minds 19. Sài Gòn Commando Part 4. Victory or Defeat 20. The Tet Offensive 21. Defeat on the Home Front 22. The New Phase 23. The Fiery Summer 24. Hope Draining 25. America 1974-75 26. The End Part 5. After the War 27. Prisoner 28. Release Part 6. Epilogue 29. On the Viet Nam War 30. Ever in My Memory Notes Index

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• Authors: Nguy N. C. Ng Lu N., Nguy?n Cang Lu?n, Nguyen Cong Luan, Nguyen Công Luan, Nguyn Cong Luan, Luan Nguyen Cong, LUAN NGUYN CONG, Nguyn Cong Lun
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2012
• EAN: 9780253356871
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35687-1
• No. of pages: 616
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, USA, Vietnamkrieg, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War